Henry Taca collection

Identifier
irn509320
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.219.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509320

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Henry Taca in 2001.

Scope and Content

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.

People

  • Sugihara, Chiune, 1900-1986.
  • Taca, Hersz.
  • Zwartendyk, Jan.

Genre

  • Certificates.
  • Document
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