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Kiichiro Higuchi

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Kiichirō Higuchi
General Higuchi Kiichiro
BornAugust 20, 1888
Minamiawaji, Hyōgo, Japan
DiedOctober 11, 1970(1970-10-11) (aged 82)
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1910–1945
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held9th Division
Fifth Area Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Kiichirō Higuchi (樋口 季一郎, Higuchi Kiichirō, 20 August 1888 – 11 October 1970) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.

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Biography

Higuchi was born in what is now part of Minamiawaji City on Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, as the eldest of nine siblings. When he was eleven years old, his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother's family. He was a graduate of the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and the 30th class of the Japanese Army Staff College. As a junior officer, he was sent as military attaché to Poland from 1925 to 1938.[1] Due to his fluency in the Russian language, Higuchi was later posted to Manchuria with the Kwantung Army. Higuchi was a close confidant of General Kanji Ishiwara and of General Korechika Anami.

From 1933-1935, he was commander of the IJA 41st Infantry Regiment, and from 1935-1937 served as Chief of staff of the IJA 3rd Division. He was sent to Germany as part of a military delegation in 1937.[2]

As a major general and the commander of the Japanese-occupied Chinese Harbin Special Branch in 1937-1938,[3] he, with the help of Yosuke Matsuoka, allowed 20,000 Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi Germany to cross the border from Otpor, USSR to Manzhouli (a city in the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo),[4] in an event which later became known as the Otpor Incident. Higuchi's subordinates were responsible for feeding the refugees, settling them in Harbin or Shanghai, and arranging for exit visas.

General Hideki Tojo, then Chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, assented to Higuchi's view that the German policy against the Jews was a serious humanitarian concern.[citation needed] Higuchi's lieutenant Norihiro Yasue advocated for the protection of Jewish refugees to General Seishiro Itagaki, which led to the establishment of the Japanese Jewish Policy Program in 1938.[citation needed]

Recalled to Japan in late 1938, Higuchi served briefly on the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff before being assigned as commanding officer of the IJA 9th Division in 1939. In 1942, he was promoted to lieutenant general and assigned to the Sapporo-based 5th Area Army. He participated in the invasion of the Aleutian islands, including the disastrous campaigns on Attu Island and Kiska Island. Afterwards, as commander of the Northern District Army he organized the defenses of northern Japan against invasion by Allied forces, fortifying Shumshu island in the northern Kurile Islands, and the defense of South Sakhalin Island.

His name is listed in the Golden Book, which was used to record names of individuals who helped Jewish people.[5] Higuchi was helped by Polish Jews when he faced discrimination during his travels to Poland.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/publication/kiyo/pdf/2015/bulletin_e2015_7.pdf
  2. ^ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
  3. ^ https://www.israel.emb-japan.go.jp/html/FridayLecture_Higuchi_June152018.html
  4. ^ a b "A Lesser-Known "Japanese Schindler": Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichirō". 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Museum tribute for army officer who helped Jewish refugees | the Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis".

Bibliography

  • Glantz, David (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945: 'August Storm'. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5279-2.
  • Tokayer, Rabbi Marvin (2004). The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story Of The Japanese And The Jews During World War II. Gefen Publishing House. ISBN 965-229-329-6.
  • Yamamuro, Shinichi (2005). Manchuria Under Japanese Domination. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3912-1.

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Military offices
Preceded by Administrator of Occupied Aleutian Islands and Commander of North Sea Garrison
1943—1943
Succeeded by
Islands re-occupied by the United States
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