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

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $850

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author

(HOLOCAUST).

Place

Poland- Shanghai

Publication

March, 1938

Description

Two printed documents with manuscript additions. Text in Polish, French, English, Japanase and Chinese.

summary

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.

Passport: pp. (4). Lightly browned. 12mo. Transit Visa: pp. (4). Central folds, taped re-enforcements. Lg. 4to

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