The story of what my father and my family experienced in 1940 is an important one for young people today. It is a story that I believe will inspire you to care for all people, and to respect life. It is a story that proves one person can make a difference.

In 1992, six years after my fathers death, a monument to my father in his birth place of Yaotsu, Japan, on a hill that is now known as the Hill of Humanity. In 1994, a group of Sugihara survivors traveled to Japan to rededicate the monument in a ceremony that was attended by several high officials of the Japanese government. My father did something to help the Jewish people when even the government denied it.

My father was taking a big risk with his life. He wrote about 300 Visas and there were still more to write. That is why the Hill of Humanity was dedicated to him.

The Hill of Humanity is a place that celebrates my father.

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