The Sugihara Visa Archive

Loew Ernst

Visa no. 1719 · Kaunas, 14 August 1940

Loew Ernst received transit visa no. 1719 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 14 August 1940. Aged 36 in 1940.

Documents

Document — Loew Ernst
S.S. Seia Maru manifest — sailed Yokohama 2 November 1940, arrived Los Angeles (San Pedro) 17 November 1940: line 1, Loew Ernst Richard, engineer, born Munich, German, last permanent residence Kaunas, Lithuania; detained aboard as an in-transit passenger for Argentina ('no visa or landing certificates'), departed with the ship 19 November. Supplied by Prof. Ruth Leiserowitz, Aug 2026

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What the register records

Nationality as recorded
German
Age in 1940
36

The journey

Reached Japan; reached Shanghai; registered in Kobe for USA.

Where this comes from

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