Pass for rabbinical student Chaim Gorfinkel [LCID: 2002105t]
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Pass for rabbinical student Chaim Gorfinkel

Special pass issued to rabbinical student Chaim Gorfinkel. Yeshiva students had to obtain special passes from Japanese authorities to leave the "designated area" in order to continue their studies at the Beth Aharon Synagogue, which was located outside the zone. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]

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Judaism Japan
  • Sarah Landesman - From the USHMM exhibition Flight and Rescue
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections

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