I nice card wish "Summer Greetings" from Nurse Toshiko! She is from Tsuruga  敦賀市, a small city (by Japanese standards) of 66 000 people. Found in Tsuruga is the Port of Humanity Tsuruga Museum  人道の港 敦賀ムゼウム. It displays the history of Tsuruga Port and emphasizes Chiune Sigu hara  杉原 千畝. Sigihara was the vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunaus, Lithuania. During World War II, he helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so they could travel through Japanese territory. Most of the Jews he helped were from German-occupied Western Poland and Soviet-occupied Easter Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania. Sugihara risked his career and the lives of his family in doing so.  In 1985, Israel honoured Sugihara as one of the Righteous Among the Nations  for his actions. He is the only Japanese national so honoured. In 2020, Lithuania declared it the Year of Chiune Sugihara. It is estimated that 100 000 people alive today are descendants...