Lanienter Szaja received transit visa no. 1375 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 7 August 1940. The register records lublin yeshiva, aged 34.
What the register records
Nationality as recorded
Polnisch
Age in 1940
34
Occupation
Lublin Yeshiva
The journey
Reached Japan; reached Shanghai; aided by the Polish ambassador Tadeusz Romer; registered in Kobe for Palestine.
Where this comes from
Mark Halpern correspondence (9 Aug 2026): Netherlands Legation certificate, Tokyo, 18 March 1941 — Minister J.C. Pabst certifies that 74 named persons of Polish nationality "do not need a Netherlands visa in order to proceed to the Nethe… Amakusa Maru 74 — Netherlands Legation certificate (Tokyo, 18 Mar 1941), line 4. Cross-referenced by Mark Halpern, researcher (Aug 2026); archive pass concurs. raw register row read Lanienter Iszaja; repaired to Tanienter on this certificate's evidence.