Passage to Freedom

If you ever doubt your faith in mankind, this true story will restore it for you. Passage to Freedom tells the amazing story of Chiune Sugihara, who single-handedly saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis. His story was told by his son Hiroki to the author, based on Hiroki's recollections. Hiroki was......more

Righteous Gentiles are recognized at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. These heroes risked their life as well as their family's during the dark days of the Holocaust. Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story, is one of the few picture books that documents this part of history. The back cover highlights both Je......more

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story is a children's picture book written by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee with an afterward from Hiroki Sugihara. It chronicles the political life of Chiune Sugihara, a vice-consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, as told from the perspective and based on the testi......more

You’d think it’s a children’s book by its appearance, but it’s not. It’s an everyone book. A picture book with beautiful, sepia-tone illustrations. And it contains a powerful, memorable story. Narrated by his son, the Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during World War II signs paper after paper to save......more

This is one of the most moving books I have read in a long time. It's just a picture book that is designed for children and the story is a nonfiction simple story. But the story and the message is a wonderful one for all of us.......more