Sugihara Chiune : the duty and humanity of an intelligence officer /
Shiraishi Masaaki ; translated by Gaynor Sekimori.
- First English edition.
- 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Japan library .
- Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan) .
Originally published in Japanese as Chōhō no tensai Sugihara Chiune in 2011 by Shinchosha. Revised and expanded in 2015 as Sugihara Chiune: jōhō ni kaketa gaikōkan. 2015 version is the basis of this translation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
The making of an intelligence officer -- The Manchurian government Foreign Affairs Department and the Chinese Eastern Railway -- The enigma of the Soviet visa refusal -- To the shores of the Baltic -- The Lithuanian intelligence network -- Solving the mystery of the visas for life -- Prague -- The true value of an outstanding diplomat -- Epilogue: regrets of an intelligence officer.
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Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986.
Intelligence officers--Japan--Biography. Diplomats--Japan--Biography. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Biography.