Abram Zagenkaw
Abram Zagenkaw received transit visa no. 640 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 1 August 1940.
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What the register records
- Nationality as recorded
- German
What is known
A Japanese transit visa issued to Abraham Sagenkahn, signed by the Consul of Japan at Kaunas on 1 August 1940, permitting transit through Japan en route to Suriname, Curacao and other Netherlands colonies. The passport also bears a Netherlands consular declaration (No. 1514) signed at Kaunas on 29 July 1940 by Zwartendijk, stating no entry visa is required for admission to Suriname and Curacao. The document is displayed as a reproduction alongside Mr. Samuil Manski's cigarette case bought in Kobe in 1941.
TRANSIT VISA. Seen for the journey through Japan (to Suranam, Curacao and other Netherlands' colonies.) 1940 VIII. 1. Consul du Japon a Kaunas. Le Consulat des Pays-Bas a Kaunas declare par la presente que pour l'admission d'etrangers au Surinam, au Curacao et autres possessions neerlandaises en Amerique un visa d'entree n'est pas requis. Japanese transit visa of Mr. Abraham Sagenkahn Reproduction
Where this comes from
- JDC Archives, New York, collection AR 33/44 file 53 (the Jewish Community of Kobe's returns to the JDC, 1941; Set I, item 00761) — Set I pp. 5–7 — "List… — "List of persons who left Japan for Shanghai in the month of July 1941", Nos. 1–15
He left Kobe on the Hakone Maru on 14 July 1941, bound for Palestine (the Jewish Community of Kobe's list of departures, July 1941 (JDC Archives, AR 33/44 file 53)). The list reads: "Sagenkahn Abraham, ″ Masza, ″ Gita — German — Kobe — Palestina". (Hakone Maru, Kobe, 14 July 1941, destination Palestine.) - The passport of Abraham Sagenkahn (No. 640) open at his Sugihara transit visa, shown in an exhibition case beside a cigarette case bought in Kobe in 1941, with bilingual Japanese and English captions.
- Abraham Sagenkahn — Sugihara visa (cleaned)
- Museum display (owner photo, Jul 2026 — Ts… — Lithuanian exit visa No.1137 (Kaunas, Mar 1940, valid to 21 May 1940), Zwartendijk Curaçao declaration No.1514 (29 Jul 1940), Sugihara transit visa 1 Aug 1940; caption キュラソービザの記載されたパスポート（レプリカ）
- The passport of Abraham Sagenkahn (No. 640), a reproduction shown in an exhibition case with the caption 'Passport with "Curaçao visa" (reproduction)' in Japanese and English.