One day, Sugihara was awoken by a crowd of Polish Jewish Jews outside his house wanting visas to escape to Tokyo. The problem for Sugihara though, was that he could not issue that many visas for the hundreds of people, and it required the permission from the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. All of Sugihara's requests were denied by the government. Sugihara had a very difficult decision to make, in the end, but he knew that he had to help save the lives of the Jews. They knew that many lives rested in their hands and Sugihara was taught to follow the orders of his superior.
Thus, he and his wife worked on the visas by hand, for 29 days continuously, without wasting a minute of their lives, to rescue the Jewish people. He knew that he was being disobedient to his government but he would save thousands of lives in return. In the end, he managed to finish the visas and the Jews managed to escape out of Hitler's hands. Sugihara's mother was a samurai, and this had taught him to follow and respect superiors. He knew that the consequence of this was him losing his job, and it could even end in death. He followed what he knew was right and didn't turn back. “I may have to disobey my Government, but if I do not, I will be disobeying God,” Sugihara said to his wife, Yukiko.". He grew up being interested in religion, and this saying truly reflects that. He doesn't want to disobey religion because it is something he believes in and loves, even if it means losing your job and putting your life in danger, as God means a lot to him.
Sugihara made sure that those hopeful Jews would have made it out safely. This one man should inspire everyone of us, to follow what we believe in, and love (religion), and certainly not to disobey it. People like him shows us how important religion. No matter what religion you come from, you can make a difference. Sugihara has also proved that the Jewish religion isn't bad, he saved them. No religion is bad, no one should believe something like that.
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Junn Meng, I really like this blog and how you made the connection from Sugihara and to religion. Although there is a lot of information, maybe you could add in MORE things in that contribute to his motivation. And your last paragraph doesn't recap a lot of what you have wrote, possibly you could write ( Sugihara proved that you have to do the right things and follow the guides that lead you to a better place for the world to be in, a harmonious place of peace and kindness. A place where people wont have to hide because they are scared but loved because we care, and Sugihara is a perfect example....) some thing like that. Well your blog demonstrated a lot of passion into this work, Keep it up.
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Thanks so much Hidayat, for reading my post. I will take note into what you have said. And yes, thanks for pointing out the incomplete sentence in the last paragraph. I wouldn't have found it if it weren't for you.
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