Permit for Stay in Japan, printed form with information filled out in handwriting. Given to Icchok Mondrowitz, a Jewish refugee from Poland, in 1941 (dated according to the Japanese calendar – the 16th year of the Shōwa period). English and Japanese.
Many Jews from Europe fled via Siberia to China and Japan during World War II. This item is a permit to stay in Japan, issued by the governor of the Hyōgo Prefecture, permitting 29-year-old Icchok Mondrowitz to stay in Japan for two months.
25.5X17.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and creases. Stains. Tiny holes and tears at the edges and along the fold lines.