Kohn Aron

Kohn Aron received transit visa no. 1585 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 9 August 1940. The register records wood specialist, aged 30.

What the register records

Nationality as recorded

Polnisch

Age in 1940

30

Occupation

Wood Specialist

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 1183) — the consulate's register of Polish citizens who reached the city, 1934-1943 — LEDGER ENTRY READ: Kohn Aron-Binem, inspector (brakarz), born 9 June 1910 Rypin, single; 54 Kwenming Road apt 6; Tokyo-issued passport of 18 June 1941 (Ser. II 004080) on a British Legation Kaunas certificate of 9 August 1940 (K-408). NOTE: the register carries two Aron Kohns (Nos. 253 and 1585); the ledger does not say which. — owner reviewed 23 Aug 2026, held (one man, two rows — held until something says which)