Award-winning feature film Persona Non-Grata (2015), based on the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who, against his country's orders, issued visas to Jewish refugees in Lithuania during WW2 and saved over 6,000 Jews by granting them transit visas to Japan
Opening reception and Film Screening
Remarks by Israeli Consul General, Galit Baram, and Japanese Consul General, Takako Ito
Venue: Congregation Darchei Noam, 864 Sheppard Avenue West.
Free admission; registration at: https://www.darcheinoam.ca/event/Persona-Non-Grata
Sponsor: The General Consulates of Israel and Japan. Congregation Darchei Noam