Riedl Ewa received transit visa no. 2054 at the Japanese consulate in Kaunas on 20 August 1940. The register records architect, aged 23.
What the register records
Nationality as recorded
Polish
Age in 1940
23
Occupation
Architect
The journey
Reached Japan; aided by the Polish ambassador Tadeusz Romer; registered in Kobe for Canada.
Where this comes from
US arrival manifest: Ewa Riedl, Seattle, 1941 "Seattle Passenger Lists", FamilySearch, entry for Ewa Riedl, 1941. Ship: Hikawa Maru. Matched from the Hikawa Maru's Polish-born passenger list (162 people, 35 matched). Register No.2054 'iedl Ewa' records age 23; the manifest gives born 1917, arriving 1941.