Seeds of Fire July 18 July 18, 1918: Birth of Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader, political prisoner, first President of post-apartheid South Africa. July 18 – September 4, 1940: Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese vice-consul in Lithuania, issues thousands of visas to Jews seeking to escape the Nazis. Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology - compiled by Ulli Diemer for Connexions – connexions.org/CxLibrary/Docs/SeedsofFire.htm
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