Chiune Sugihara

* Chiune Sugihara (“An Unsung ‘Schindler’ From Japan,” March 20), who saved between 2,000 and 6,000 Jews from the Nazis by writing visas for them when he was Japan’s consul general in Lithuania, was honored in this country in May, 1989, by the Anti-Defamation League when it awarded him its “Courage to Care Award.” The award, instituted by the ADL to recognize heroic efforts by non-Jews in behalf of Jews, was presented to Sugihara’s widow, Yukiko, and their son, Hiroki, in a moving ceremony I attended at the agency’s national headquarters building opposite the United Nations in New York.

The same award was presented posthumously this year to Oskar Schindler.

LYNNE IANNIELLO

Laguna Hills

* No matter what makes a hero, be it a conscience provoked, such as that of Oskar Schindler, or a conscience innate, being that of Chiune Sugihara, both men need to be emulated in today’s desensitized world.

In response to the editorial, “Sugihara’s List” (March 22), you will be happy to know a film is being developed that encompasses Sugihara’s life. Hopefully it will aspire to the acclaim heaped on “Schindler’s List.”

MARILYN HALL

Beverly Hills