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In 2014 it saved its 500th life. [4] In 2008 Shige reported a spike in suicide attempts after job losses among casual employees due to the financial crisis of 2007–08, known as the "Lehman shock" in Japan. [5] [6] In Japan, it is not uncommon for employees to live in a company dormitory, so if workers lose their jobs they also lose their housing.
Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple (November 20, 1941 – c. January 1989) [a] was an American man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975.
Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 November 1901 – 13 March 1995) was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved at the Auschwitz concentration camp by Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in his place. Gajowniczek had been sent to Auschwitz concentration camp from a Gestapo prison in Tarnów.
Ho Feng-Shan (Chinese: 何鳳山, September 10, 1901 – September 28, 1997) was a Chinese diplomat and writer for the Republic of China. [1] [2] When he was consul-general in Vienna during World War II, he risked his life and career to save "perhaps tens of thousands" of Jews by issuing them visas, disobeying the instruction of his superiors. [3]
Fredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He wrote A Man Called Ove (2012), Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), Anxious People (2020), and The Winners (2022).
Fredrik Backman, the internationally bestselling author of “A Man Called Ove,” “Anxious People” and more, has signed with UTA in all areas. UTA will represent Backman in his expanding ...
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