Izrael Gorodecki received transit visa no. 312 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 30 July 1940. The register records clerk, aged 51.
Reached Japan; reached Shanghai; registered in Kobe for USA.
Israel Grodecki received a Sugihara transit visa (No. 1407) issued at Kaunas on 30 July/August 1940, stamped by the Japanese consulate for the journey to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands colonies through Japan. The document includes the Dutch Consulate (Curacao) declaration by Jan Zwartendijk-style stamp indicating no entry visa required for the Netherlands' American possessions, dated 29 July 1940. It also bears a Greek consular transit visa issued in Riga dated 21 November 1940 for family affairs, valid thirty days.
This is a Polish citizenship certificate (Zaświadczenie/Certificat) issued by the Polish Legation in Kaunas (Kownie) to Izrael Gorodecki, born 15 November 1888 in Janów, a bachelor and private clerk. Issued 9 July 1940, it was delivered in place of a passport to enable travel abroad and confirmed his Polish citizenship, countersigned by the British Vice-Consul charged with protection of Polish interests.
This document combines a Dutch (Zwartendijk) Curacao-type declaration No. 1407 for Israel Gorodecki, stating no visa is required for entry to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands possessions in America, dated 29 July 1940 in Kaunas. It also bears Chiune Sugihara's Japanese transit visa stamped in Kaunas, dated 30 August 1940, seen for the journey to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands colonies through Japan, plus a Greek consular transit visa from Riga dated November 1940.
