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Henry Taca collection

Document | Accession Number: 2001.219.1

Consists of a Polish citizenship certificate issued on 28 November 1939, to Hersz Taca (donor) by the British Consul in Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. The certificate bears a handwritten Curacao visa, dated 27 July 1940 and a subsequent, stamped Sugihara transit visa, dated 31 July 1940. Mr. Taca, a student, was trying to get to Palestine, but ended up spending the war in Calcutta, India.

Date
issue:  1939 November 28-1940 July 31
Genre/Form
Certificates.
Extent
1 folder

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Henry Taca in 2001.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:05:50
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