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The forgotten German who saved Jews in Japan - and the diary that resurfaced 80 years later

· By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI
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A child’s wartime diary has reopened the story of Willy Rudolf Foerster, a German industrialist who helped Jewish refugees reach Japan.

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