The true story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese Schindler, who, with his familys encouragement, saved thousands of Jews in Lithuania during World War II. As a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania in the 1940s, Chiune Sugihara had a chance to help thousands of Jews escape the Holocaust through Japan, but it was against his governments orders. When his five-year-old son Hiroki asked, If we dont help them, wont they die? Sugihara decided to assist the refugees.Based on Hiroki Sugiharas own words, Passage to Freedom is the first fully illustrated childrens book to tell Sugiharas heroic story, highlighting his courageous humanity, and the importance of a childs opinion in his fathers decision.