Beker Salamon (Salomon)
Beker Salamon (Salomon) received transit visa no. 537 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 31 July 1940.
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What the register records
- Nationality as recorded
- Polnisch
What is known
This displayed document combines a Dutch transit visa (No. 1213) issued by honorary consul Jan Zwartendijk in Kaunas on 24 July 1940, permitting travel to Surinam, Curaçao and other Netherlands colonies, with a Japanese transit visa stamped by Consul Chiune Sugihara on 31 August 1940 allowing passage through Japan en route to those destinations. The holder, Salomon Beker, thus obtained both the Curaçao 'end visa' and the Sugihara transit visa needed to escape Lithuania.
Transit Visa. 31/VIII 1940 Seen for the journey to Surinam Curaçao and other Netherlands' colonies through Japan. Consul du Japon à Kaunas No.1213 Salomon Beker
Where this comes from
- Salomon Beker document, high-res owner scan (May 2026): Zwartendijk declaration No.1213 (27 Jul 1940, handwritten) + Sugihara handwritten transit visa 31 Jul 1940
The sheet is made out to Salomon Beker by name. It carries the declaration of the Netherlands Consulate at Kaunas, No. 1213, written out by hand and signed by the acting consul on 27 July 1940, and beside it the Japanese transit visa, also written out by hand rather than stamped, dated 31/VII 1940 and signed Consul du Japon a Kaunas with the consulate's seal and the consul's red personal seal. That date is the issue date the register records for this entry, and it agrees exactly. - Sugihara Memorial Hall, Kaunas — Salomon Beker visa on display (via LinkedIn)
- Salomon Beker document in Sugihara House display case — Lithuanian press photo (ambassadors' visit to Kaunas)
- Salomon Beker document, high-res owner scan (May 2026): Zwartendijk declaration No.1213 (27 Jul 1940, handwritten) + Sugihara handwritten transit visa 31 Jul 1940
- Salomon Beker document on display at Sugihara House Museum, Kaunas (Nordic-Baltic travel article photo)
- Facebook photo — Salomon Beker document in Sugihara House display case (Zwartendijk annotation No.1213 visible), saved 2026-07-31