The Sugihara Visa Archive

Roguski Stefan

Visa no. 1896 · Kaunas, 17 August 1940

Roguski Stefan received transit visa no. 1896 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 17 August 1940.

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What the register records

Nationality as recorded
Polnisch

What is known

This image, titled 'The Angel of Curacao', depicts a Curacao visa document issued by the Dutch Consulate (Le Consulat des Pays-Bas) at Kaunas, signed by Jan Zwartendijk. The document (No. 1896) states that no visa is required for admission to Curacao, Surinam, and other Dutch possessions in America. A related handwritten note references Curacao and Surinam, dated 24 July, and is stamped Kaunas. A yellow 'Jude' star and prisoner-of-war mail markings (Kriegsgefangenenpost/Postkarte) appear in the collage.

Le Consulat des Pays-Bas a Kaunas declare par la presente que pour l'admission d'etrangers a Curacao, Surinam et autres possessions neerlandaises en Amerique un visa d'entree n'est pas requis. Jude Kaunas 31 VII 40 No. 1896

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