Letter requesting permission to book passage on Johnson Line or other ship lacking official authorization.

Title: Letter requesting permission to book passage on Johnson Line or other ship lacking official authorization.

Creator: Abraham Jakob Lewin

Date: 1938 October 28

Source: Abraham Jakob Lewin Papers

Description: Request for permission to book passage on Johnson Line or other ship lacking official authorization. Letter states that the authorized (konzessionierte) lines are completely booked until February/March of 1939, and Mr. Lewin could not have booked passage before receiving the visas for his family. In the second paragraph Lewin says he cannot wait until the spring of 1939 to leave, following the dissolution of his business and liquidation of his assets.