古德明英语军事小故事：杉原千亩(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。杉原千亩
the german invasion of poland in 1939 filled neighbouring lithuania with jewish refugees, who needed transit visas to escape from hitler's advancing troops. but no government was willing to issue them.
chiune sugihara, a japanese consul in lithuania, decided to help the refugees against the express orders of his government. from july to august 1940, he wrote and issued to the refugees more than 300 visas a day. finally, tokyo told him to leave lithuania. according to witnesses, he was still writing visas after boarding the train, throwing them out of the window into the crowd of refugees even as the train pulled out.
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