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‘Mr Radio Philips’ helped thousands flee the Nazis

September 26, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Guardian/Observer Sept. 26, 2021: Unsung hero: how ‘Mr Radio Philips’ helped thousands flee the Nazis In June 1940, a Dutch salesman, acting as a consul in Lithuania, issued Jewish refugees with pseudo visas to escape Europe. His remarkable story is only now being told.

Posted in: Antique Radio, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: Chiune Sugihara, consul, Curaçao, Curaçao visa, diplomat, Dutch, Holocaust, Jan Zwartendijk, Jews, Kaunas, Lithuania, Nazi Germany, Philips, Red Army, Soviet Union, visas

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