エルサレムに杉原千畝広場　「崇高な行為への感謝の印」

　第２次大戦中に「命のビザ」でユダヤ人数千人を救った外交官杉原千畝（１９００～８６年）の名前を冠した広場がエルサレム市につくられ、１１日に記念式典が行われた。
　在日イスラエル大使館によると、同市は南西部の交差点にある広場を「チウネ・スギハラ広場」と命名した。式典には杉原の四男でベルギー在住の伸生さん、水嶋光一駐イスラエル大使、杉原が発給したビザで命を救われた人々とその親族らが出席。レオン市長は「崇高な行為に対する感謝の印だ」と述べた。（2021/10/12-17:48）

A ceremony was held in Jerusalem on Monday for a new square named after Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986), a Japanese diplomat who issued visas to help thousands of Jews escape from Nazi persecution during World War II.
   Chiune Sugihara Square is located at a crossroad in a southwest area of the city, according to the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo.
   The ceremony was attended by Nobuki Sugihara, the late Japanese diplomat's fourth son, who lives in Belgium, Japanese Ambassador to Israel Koichi Mizushima and Jewish people who were saved by the "visas for life," as well as their families.
   Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion said the square is a token of appreciation for Sugihara's noble act.
   Sugihara is considered as a hero in Israel. There is a street named after him in the central city of Netanya, and a tree-planting ceremony was held in his honor in a suburb of Beit Shemesh, another central city, in 2019.