With our deepest condolences we would like to inform that the executive director of the Sugihara Foundation: Diplomats for life, Simonas Dovidavičius has passed away. Simonas was born in…
On November 29 at 4 pm at Sugihara House, Vaižganto street 30, Kaunas, PhD candidate from Turku University mr. Shingo Masunaga, invited by Sugihara Diplomats for Life Foundation, will give a…
On the 16th of September, the Sugihara Foundation: Diplomats for life organized an event dedicated to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. The main event was a…
With illness and death taking away our dear friend and companion, we have to be swift and give an important testimony to our Sugihara foundation: Diplomats for Life history. In the Flemish…
This September, Kaunas once again becomes lively and buzzing capital of cultural fusion during Sugihara Week 2018. The second international festival is held on September 3 to September 9 in…
We would like to invite you all to an international scientific conference "Jewish history and culture in Eastern Europe: Lithuanian and American scholars in conversation". Two days conference…
The Sugihara Foundation: Diplomats for life is glad to present the 2nd international scientific conference from Casablanca of the North Academy, which will look deeper into post-Evian…
On the 25th of April Sugihara House celebrated the festival of Sakura Blossoms. This festival was designated for the neighbourhood and to strengthen the community ties. The celebration was…
Sausio 10 d. 17:30 Sugiharos namuose – Vaižganto g. 30, Kaunas, kviečiame žiūrėti dokumentinį filmą „Raulio Wallenbergo karas“ (orig. Raoul Wallenbergs Krig). …
Gruodžio 6-ąją dieną "Sugiharos fondas: diplomatai už gyvybę" kartu su Švedijos institutu kviečia į filmo apie pasaulio teisuolį Raoulį Wallenbergą „Labas vakaras pone…
On the 2nd of September, first ever Sugihara Week in Kaunas has started. With events like opening concert, screening of the movie „Persona non Grata (2015)“, Japanese tales…
On the 4th of September, 2017, from 10:00 everyone is invited to participate in the opening ceremony of Sugihara House repainting. High representatives of Kaunas city and other responsible…
We cordially invite you to participate at the events of Sugihara Week, which will take place in Kaunas from 2nd to 8th September 2017. Sugihara Week, organized for the first time, is the…
Due to renovation works some connection issues have occurred in the telephone line. Nvertheless, they are now fixed and you can reach us by phone +370 332881. Also, You may choose to contact…
Sugihara Week, organized on September 02-09, 2017 for the first time, is the event which aims to perpetuate the memory of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. This personality lived in Kaunas…
Sausio 20 d. 16 valandą Sugiharos namuose – Vaižganto g. 30 profesorius Egidijus Aleksandravičius skaitys paskaitą „Šiaurės Kasablankos akademija: idėja, misija,…
Maloniai kviečiame į A. Miłoszo filmo „GYVENIMO VIZOS” pristatymą. 2016 m. lapkričio 15 d., antradienį, 17 val. Sugiharos namuose Vaižganto g. 30,…
On the 19th of October we have lost Sugihara Foundation „Diplomats for Life“ Board member Algimantas Kančas (1954 05 22 - 2016 10 19). He was an outstanding architect and a…
On the 21th of September we have lost Sugihara Foundation „Diplomats for Life“ Board member Leonidas Donskis (1962 08 13-2016 09 21). He was an outstanding philosofer, scholar and…
This September 11th the screening of a movie about Chiune Sugihara will take place in the historical movie theater “Romuva” in Kaunas. During this event the viewers will be able…
On 31st of August (Wednesday) from 15:00 - 16:00 p.m. a presentation about Japanese incense will be held in Sugihara House (Vaižganto g. 30, Kaunas). The presentation is in the commemoration…
In order to commemorate Chiune Sugihara, former Japanese consul in Lithuania, who is recognized as Righteous among the Nations, events and Lithuania Festival were held in Yaotsu Town on…
Japonijos ambasada organizuoja Sekisai Takemae kaligrafijos parodą, kuri bus eksponuojama Sugiharos muziejuje (Kaune) ir Japonų kultūros namuose (Vilniuje). Parodos atidarymo metu vyks…
The International Conference Casablanca of The North: Refugees and Rescuers in Kaunas 1939 – 1940 will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Valdas Adamkus Presidential Library (S.…
The public institution "The Sugihara Foundation – Diplomats for Life" and the Dance Theatre “Aura“ is organising the Sakura Blossom Viewing Day on the 14th of April at…
2015 metų Tolerancijos žmogumi šeštadienį Kaune paskelbtas verslininkas Valdas Balčiūnas. Apdovanojimą laureatui įteikė Lietuvoje viešintis karo metais žydus…
Šeštadienį, vasario 13 d., 15.00 val. Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Didžiojoje auloje (Gimnazijos g. 7, Kaunas ) „Sugiharos fondas – Diplomatai už gyvybę“…
2016 m. vasario 11 d. vyks nacionalinio edukacinio projekto „Kas buvo Čijunė Sugihara?“ baigiamasis renginys. Renginys skiriamas pagerbti Japonijos diplomato Čijunės Sugiharos…
Sausio 27 d. nuo 10 iki 15 val. Ariogalos gimnazijoje vyko nacionalinė moksleivių konferencija „Kito žmogaus gelbėjimas – aukščiausia žmogiškumo…
The museum would like to thank everyone for the support this year and wish a warm and peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year. The opening hours during the Holidays: December…
On the 18th of November scholars from two primary schools, which are located in Ežerėlis and Linksmakalnis have visited the museum. The visa story, good deeds of the diplomats Chiune…
On the 20th of October a crew of a television show 'The Seven Days of Kaunas' (lit. Septynios Kauno dienos) visited the Sugihara House Museum. This crew was interested in the work of the…
On the 31st of October in Kaunas, Sugihara Museum received Japan’s Gifu Prefecture Governor Hajime Furuta, who was visiting Lithuania. The guest informed that Japan was filing an…
It has been 75 years since Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara in the summer of 1940 issued transit visas for the Jewish refugees in Lithuania, who were running away from the Second World War and…
This October 13th the first screening of a movie about Chiune Sugihara took place in the historical movie theater ‘Romuva’. During this exclusive premiere the viewers…
Shonan Gakuen school’s and Waseda University’s students and teachers delegation have visited Lithuania and Sugihara Museum at the 21st of August. They have stayed in Lithuania for…
This October 13th the first screening of a movie about Chiune Sugihara will take place in the historical movie theater ‘Romuva’, the oldest still opened Movie…
2015 marks the 75th anniversary of ‘Visas for Life’. From 1939 to 1940 in Japanese consulate worked Vice-consul Chiune Sugihara with Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the…
On 11th of September at the Sugihara House in Kaunas, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius attended an informal discussion on educational projects, introducing Chiune…
Unveiling Ceremony of the Plaques that will be displayed on the wall of the Metropolis Hotel and at Kaunas Railway Station On September 4th, the Embassy of Japan will hold an…
On the 14th of April in 2015 a book presentation was held in chamber theatre of Kaunas. The book is called „Smuggled in Potatoe Sacks: Fifty Stories of the Hidden Children of the…
On the 22nd of April on the occasion of Sakuras blooming gathered Japan’s and Lithuania’s relationship fosters. During the event a dance performance called ‘Turned’…
