Setsuzo Kotsuji

Abraham Setsuzō Kotsuji (小辻 節三, Kotsuji Setsuzō, 1899, Kyoto - 31 October 1973) was a Japanese Orientalist, and the son of a Shinto priest who descended from a long line of Shinto priests.

During the Holocaust he helped Jewish refugees to escape the Nazis, arranging for them to stay first in Kobe and later in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.

[1] A book about how he helped Jewish refugees was written by Japanese actor Jundai Yamada and published in April 2013 by NHK Shuppan.

He first encountered Jews while working for the South Manchuria Railroad Company during World War II.

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