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‘Japan’s Schindler’ honored by Poland’s president

The late Japanese diplomat known as “Japan’s Schindler,” Chiune Sugihara, was awarded a decoration by the president of Poland for his efforts to issue visas to Jewish people who tried to escape from Nazi persecution during World War II.

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