Borensztajn Rachmil received transit visa no. 1401 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 7 August 1940. The register records electrical technician, aged 27.
What the register records
Nationality as recorded
Polnisch
Age in 1940
27
Occupation
Electrical Technician
The journey
Reached Japan; reached Shanghai; registered in Kobe for USA.
Where this comes from
The Shanghai Ledger — register of Polish citizens kept by the Consulate of Poland in Shanghai, 1934-1943 (original at the Archives of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ref. 43/2003; digitised by the Library of Congress; indexed as… Registered with the Polish Consulate in Shanghai (ledger entry 1359); one of the register's two Rachmil Borensztajn rows; the consulate ledger likewise holds two Rachmil Borensztejns (entries 1359 and 1160) — the pairs correspond as a set, which row is which man is not yet knowable — approved by the owner's review, 19 Aug 2026 — LEDGER ENTRY READ: Borensztejn Rachmil-Zurych, born 5 April 1913 Warsaw, single; registered 22 September 1941; 912/20 East Seward Road; Tokyo-issued passport of 22 September 1941 — this Rachmil is the one born 1913; the other (entry 1359, Rachmil Moszek) is on a later page. — LEDGER ENTRY READ: Borensztejn Rachmil Moszek, RESTAURATEUR, born 16 April 1910 Gora Kalwaria; 797 Broadway; registered 13 December 1941 on a passport issued by the Shanghai consulate itself (B-141, 4 December 1941). NOTE: the register carries Rachmil Borensztajn twice (Nos. 1401 and 1461).