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Passport Issued To Egon Hertzka By Chiune Sugihara
Passport Issued To Egon Hertzka By Chiune Sugihara
Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection
Grey booklet titled, "Republicka Československá République Tchécoslovsque Cestovný Pas" with seal on cover. Interior includes a black and white photograph of a man, as well as various stamps and writing.
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Czechoslovakian Travel Passport issued for Egon Hertzka in 1936. Curacao visa, Japan transit visa and many border crossing seals inside. Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as Vice-Consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania. During World War II, he helped several thousand Jews to leave the country by issuing transit visas to Jewish refugees so that they could travel to Japan. Most …