Kusmirak

Visa Recipients

  • KUSMIRAK, Antoinette née MANDELBAUM A
    Age 37
  • KUSMIRAK, Lajb/Leon P A
    Age 40
  • KUSMIRAK, Maurice S. A
    Age 8

About the Family

The KUSMIRAK family was in Bordeaux on May 31, 1940. On that date, Lajb KUSMIRAK sent a telegram to the Portuguese Foreign Ministry requesting permission to receive visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

Antoinette and their son Maurice KUSMIRAK traveled to Cuba and from there sailed to New York on the vessel Mexico in September 1940.

Lajb KUSMIRAK joined his family in January 1941, sailing from Havana to New York on the vessel Oriente.

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Telegram from KUSMIRAK requesting a visa

Telegram from KUSMIRAK requesting a visa