Hanni Vogelweid

Hanni Vogelweid. Actress: Visas and Virtue. Hanni [Sondheimer] Vogelweid (Oct. 5, 1923 - Jan. 27, 2006) was born in Berlin. Her family fled Germany when she was eleven, moving to Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. When the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania in 1940, Hanni's father decided they had to leave. Hanni, at 16 years old, stood in line outside Japanese Vice-Consul Chiune Sugihara's consulate for several days, finally obtaining transit visas from...