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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 2, 2018 1:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Japan-America Society of Georgia<br>
<b>Subject:</b> JASG: Persona Non Grata Film Screening (January 7, 2017)</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Registration</span></b><b><span lang="JA" style="font-size:15.0pt; font-family:"Yu Gothic","sans-serif"">ÉꤷÞz¤ß</span></b><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><a href="http://www.JASGeorgia.org/event-2768036">www.JASGeorgia.org/event-2768036</a>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Film Screening of</span></b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><b><u><span style="font-size:15.0pt">PERSONA NON GRATA - THE STORY OF CHIUNE SUGIHARA</span></u></b></span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt"></span></u></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">DIRECTED BY CELLIN GLUCK 139 min., unrated (2015)</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><b><u><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Sunday, January 7, 2018 @ 6:30 P.M.</span></u></b></span><b><u><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify; text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Chiune Sugihara is a Japanese diplomat posted in Lithuania. He is also a world-class spy. In Lithuania he and his partner,
Pesh, gather intelligence on European affairs. As WWII begins and Germany invades Poland, hordes of Jewish refugees flee to Lithuania. In search of transit visas, they turn to Sugihara who is torn between his loyalty to his country and his loyalty to mankind.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Admission is FREE!
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Doors open at 6:00 P.M.</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="x_e2ma-style"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Seating available on a first-come first-served basis.</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<a href="mailto:info@aa.mofa.go.jp?subject="><span style="color:#176E9E">info@aa.mofa.go.jp</span></a></span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<img naturalheight="528" naturalwidth="408" width="408" height="528" align="left" hspace="12" tabindex="0" style="user-select: none;" src="cid:image010.png@01D383CD.DA9F8CA0"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt; color:black">ANNUAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE EVENT:
CONSCIENCE and ACTION:</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:15.0pt; color:black">¡°Whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world.¡±</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.2018remember.eventbrite.com"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">www.2018remember.eventbrite.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:15.0pt; color:black">Keynote speakers: Leo Melamed and Chihiro Sugihara</span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">In Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Am Yisrael Chai presents a powerful and unforgettable event.</span></i></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">January 21, 2018 -
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Much has been written about the horrors and slaughter of millions during the Holocaust, but few are aware of the stories of rescue and survival by those who have been honored by Yad Vashem as ¡°Righteous
Amongst the Nations¡± for their acts of bravery and courage in saving others. Few had a greater impact than Chiune Sugihara, who as the Consul for the Empire of Japan to Lithuania, saved Jews by issuing temporary transit visas for them to escape Europe. Chiune
Sugihara and his wife, Yukiko, when confronted with evil, obeyed the kindness in their hearts and the conscience of their souls, and took action that saved the lives of over 6000 Jews. These survivors became known as ¡°Sugihara Survivors¡±. Chiune Sugihara performed
these acts of compassion in defiance of orders from the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo that denied him permission to issue these life-saving visas. Chiune Sugihara selflessly sacrificed his diplomatic career and risked his life, and the lives of his</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">family, in order to save others. In 1985, more than 50 years later, he and his wife, Yukiko, were recognized as ¡°Righteous Amongst the Nation¡± by Yad Vashem in Israel
for his actions. He is the only Japanese national to be so honored.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Am Yisrael Chai is honored to present: Leo Melamed, one of the Sugihara Survivors and Chihiro Sugihara, grandson of Chiune Sugihara.
<b>Leo Melamed </b>was born in Bialystok, Poland on March 20, 1932. On September 1st, 1939, Germany declared war on Poland. Leo and his family narrowly escaped death as they managed to flee on the last train out of Bialystok and headed for Vilnius, Lithuania.
The situation in Lithuania deteriorated rapidly. Leo Melamed and his family were fortunate to receive one of Chiune Sugihara¡¯s visas. Leo and his parents traveled the treacherous Trans-Siberian Railroad to Japan, and then in 1941</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">immigrated to the US where they settled in Chicago. Leo attended Law School, and is now a lawyer, writer, lecturer, and financial market innovator. Leo is recognized
as the founder of the financial futures market, and is Chairman Emeritus of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, Inc.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Chihiro Sugihara</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">, grandson of Chiune Sugihara and Chairperson of the Visas for Life Non-Profit Organization,
has dedicated his life to the legacy of his grandfather, and will share his insights about his grandfather.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Date:
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">January 21, 2018</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">6:30pm -- Opening Exhibit</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">7:00pm -- 8:30pm ¨C Conscience and Action Event</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">8:45pm ¨C Book Signing</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Venue:
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North Hotel</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">7 Concourse Parkway NE</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Atlanta GA 30328</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">RSVP required:
</span><a href="http://www.2018remember.eventbrite.com"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.2018remember.eventbrite.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:blue">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">This event is free and open to the public.
<b><i>Sponsorships and donations appreciated and can be made by</i></b></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">visiting us at
</span></i></b><a href="http://www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:blue">
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">or contacting us at </span>
</i></b><a href="mailto:amyisraelchaiatlanta@gmail.com"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">amyisraelchaiatlanta@gmail.com</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> .<span style="color:black"></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">3121 Maple Drive, Suite 224</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Atlanta, GA 30305</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">404-842-1400 TEL</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">404-842-1415 FAX</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.jasgeorgia.org/"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">www.JASGeorgia.org</span></a><span style="font-size:15.0pt"></span></p>
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