The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County presents a screening of the PBS documentary film, “Conspiracy of Kindness,” about Chiune Sugihara, on Sunday, March 6 at 12:30 p.m., at HMTC, Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove.
There will be a discussion following the film facilitated by Beth Levinthal, executive director of the Hofstra University Museum.
As Japan’s consul to Lithuania during WWII, Chiune Sugihara risked career, disgrace, his life and the lives of his family defying Tokyo by writing transit visas for refugees desperate to escape persecution.
In August 1940, Sugihara spent upwards of sixteen hours a day issuing visas, until Soviet-occupied Lithuania forced the final shutdown of the country’s last remaining consulates.
More than 2,000 Sugihara-stamped passports allowed hundreds of families to flee Europe through Russia to safe havens abroad. Today it is estimated that more than 40,000 people owe their very existence to Sugihara’s heroic acts of humanitarianism.
Light refreshments will be served. There is a suggested donation of $10. RSVP to Deborah Lom at (516) 571-8040 or dlom@hmtcli.org.
For more than 20 years, HMTC has been fulfilling its mission to teach the history of the Holocaust and its lessons through education and community outreach.
For more information, call (516) 571-8040, visit www.hmtcli.org or find us on social media at Facebook.com/HMTCNY and Twitter.com/HolocaustTolCtr.
