Anybody heard of this guy?

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Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat to Lithuania during World War II. He went against his governments orders and hand wrote 2000 visas for German Jews fleeing the Nazis. He did this non stop for a few days and nights until he was ordered to Berlin by the Japanese governement. My grandmother was one of the 2000 saved and allowed to escape safely to Japan. Today there are 40,000 people including myself in the world alive as a result of Mr. Sugiharas actions, its like Schindlers list

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAwqhytNAjY

Probably because Japan wasn't exactly on the Good guy's side in WW2.

I wonder whose atrocities were greater, the Nazi's or the Japanese?

The Axis was responsible for some pretty evil acts. But at least the Germans, unlike the Japanese, write about their crimes in the history books...
As to the OP: That is very heroic. I enjoy reading about stories like this. There were good people in the Axis who had a conscious and went out of their way to save innocent lives. This reminds me of John Rabe (Link) - a Nazi diplomat in Nanjing who went out of his way to save thousands of Chinese civilians from the Japanese Imperial Army. He is often referred to as the Hero of Nanjing . Berlin & the Nazi Party were not happy with him, needless to say. Like Schindler, I guess, he was part of the party because it was necessary for career advancement

I've heard of that guy. I learned about him in high school.