Kac Machel received transit visa no. 1511 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 7 August 1940. The register records chemical engineer, aged 26.
What the register records
Nationality as recorded
Polnisch
Age in 1940
26
Occupation
Chemical Engineer
The journey
Reached Japan; registered in Kobe for New Zealand.
Where this comes from
"List of persons arriving on route to New Zealand" — the arrival roster for the sailing from Japan, September 1941: 33 typed names, from Dr George Bluman’s own marked-up copy (sent 18 Aug 2026). Bluman’s red ticks mark the passengers he… Named on the list of persons arriving on route to New Zealand, sailing from Japan in 1941. The ledger has Maghel.