Zylberberg Abraham-Adam (Silberberg) received transit visa no. 842 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 2 August 1940. Aged 35 in 1940.
What the register records
Nationality as recorded
Polnisch
Age in 1940
35
What is known
This is a Polish certificate (Zaswiadczenie/Certificat) issued in lieu of a passport by the Polish Legation in Kaunas (Kowno) on 30 July 1940. It was issued to Abraham-Adam Silberberg, born 14 October 1904 in Warsaw, a bachelor and clerk/official. The document, issued during the wartime period when Polish passport booklets were unavailable, confirmed he was a Polish citizen and authorized him to travel abroad.
This document shows a Japanese transit visa (Sugihara-type) issued at Kaunas, Lithuania, combined with a Dutch/Netherlands Consulate notation (Zwartendijk-type Curacao arrangement). The Japanese stamp reads 'TRANSIT VISA. Seen for the journey through Japan (to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands' colonies).' dated 1940 VIII-2, issued by the Consulate of Japan at Kaunas. The Dutch Consulate note No. 1962, dated 1 August 1940 and signed by Zwartendijk (Consul des Pays-Bas a.i.), declares that no entry visa is required for admission of foreigners to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands possessions in America. It is catalogued here as the document of Abraham Adam Silberberg.
A Japanese transit visa issued by the Consulate of Japan at Kaunas, Lithuania, permitting passage through Japan to Surinam, Curacao and other Netherlands colonies. It bears the accompanying Netherlands Consulate declaration at Kaunas (dated 1 August 1940) stating that no entry visa is required for admission to Surinam, Curacao and other Dutch possessions in the Americas. It is catalogued here under the name the surname Silberberg.
Where this comes from
Certificate of Polish citizenship No. S-184, issued to Abraham-Adam Silberberg by the Legation of the Polish Republic at Kaunas on 30 July 1940. Issued in place of a passport book: the printed text states that it is granted for want of p… The certificate carries the double given name Abraham-Adam exactly as the register has it, an unusual pairing, and records his birth on 14 October 1904 at Warsaw. The register spells the surname with an initial Z and the certificate with an initial S, which is the ordinary variation between the Polish and the German-Yiddish rendering of the same name.
Reverse of the certificate of Polish citizenship No. S-184 of Abraham-Adam Silberberg, carrying the two visas that made the journey possible. Below is the declaration of the Netherlands Consulate at Kaunas, No. 1962, dated 1 August 1940… The reverse of the same certificate carries the Japanese transit visa dated 2 August 1940, which is the date the register records for this entry, and the Netherlands declaration of the previous day. The visa date and the register's issue date agree exactly.