Object ID
2012.1.117
Object Name
Envelope
Date
6-19-2004
Files
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Description
White envelope with a photograph of a fenced-off buildling and a stamp with a black and white photograph of Chiune Sugihara.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Commemorative Lithuanian First Day Cover for Chiune Sugihara, who was the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1940. He issued Japanese visas to Polish Jews against the orders of his government, as a consequence of which Jewish refugees were able to escape to Japan and other countries.
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 6 1/2"
Keywords
Lithuania, Japan, Chiune Sugihara
Subcollection
Philatelic
Recommended Citation
"First Day Cover: Lithuanian First Day Cover Commemorating Chiune Sugihara" (2004). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.117.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/803
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