Moses Mendel received transit visa no. 1945 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 19 August 1940. The register records journalist, aged 55.
Reached Japan; registered in Kobe for USA.
The register recorded visa holders. It did not reliably record the wives and children who travelled on somebody else’s visa, so these people have no entry of their own and cannot be searched for. Where the archive has recovered a name, it is here.
This is a Lithuanian 'Leidimas / Sauf-Conduit' (safe conduct document in lieu of a foreign passport) issued to Mendel Mozes, born 28 February 1885 in Dzialoszyn in the Lodz district, a civil servant (fonctionnaire) domiciled in Vilnius. He was accompanied by his wife Chaja-Sura (born 19 March 1899), daughter Dorota (born 1927), and son Samuel (born 1923). The document was valid for all countries and dated January/July 1940 in Vilnius.