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# 6,000 Lives
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2009/11/6000-lives/
- Published: 2009-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:54.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

I can often get so wrapped up in my own life and worried about what the future will hold: it's good to read stories like this that give examples of people who think of others first, even in the face of a horrible evil like the holocaust:

![Sugi Family](https://chrisenns.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/550_sugifamilysmall.jpg "Sugi Family")

> Sugihara discussed the plan with his wife Yukiko and decided to risk his career and his entire future by defying his superiors. The couple then spent 29 days issuing travel visas, up to 300 a day, as thousands of refugees stood in line at his office. Yukiko would prepare and register the visas while Chiune Sugihara would sign and stamp them, hour after hour, without breaking for meals. They would work late into the night until Yukiko would massage her husband’s weary hands in preparation for the next day. Sugihara was under orders to leave, which he could no longer delay. The family departed on September 1st, but he kept signing visas even as he boarded the train. Sugihara then tossed his official stamp out to the crowd, as he hadn’t time to stamp them all.

Read the full story [here](https://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/39821?ref=chrisenns.com).