Shanghai-Mirrer Yeshiva. Passport and Transit Visa for a student of the Mirrer Yeshiva.

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Shanghai-Mirrer Yeshiva. Passport and Transit Visa for a student of the Mirrer Yeshiva.

Two printed documents with manuscript additions. Text in Polish, French, English, Japanase and Chinese. Passport: pp. (4). Lightly browned. 12mo. Transit Visa: pp. (4). Central folds, taped re-enforcements. Lg. 4to

Poland- Shanghai: March, 1938

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $850

The English statement on the Transit Visa reads;”For the journey through Japan to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands colonies,” and stamped by the Consul of Japan in Kauna. The Shanghai immigration visa is signed by T. Elliot Weill, American Consul at Shanghai, China. This passport depicts the dramatic escape and rescue journey of one Mirrer Yeshiva student from Poland to Lithuania to Japan, to Shanghai and finally to San Francisco during the Holocaust years.