Following the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, the Lifszyc family began to search for ways to leave the country. David Lifszyc obtained a Curacao visa from the Dutch consulate. He also obtained an American visa because he was included on a list of distinguished rabbis submitted to the State Department by the Agudat Israel of America. After obtaining Soviet exit visas, the Lifszycs purchased tickets for Vladivostok on February 5, 1941. They started for Moscow, where they received Japanese transit visas. This embroidered black wool bedcover was carried across the Soviet Union and Japan to the United States by the Lifszyc family. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]
— USHMM, courtesy of Chaya Lifshitz Waxman
