Yossiphovitch, Shemen
File Number: 16842/28-30Name: Yossiphovitch, Shemen
Sex: M
Place of birth: Russia
Date of birth: 1902
Date of arrival: 01/14/1918
Name of ship: Korea Maru
Days in Detention: 1 week
Notes: Farm laborer; Relatives in NY; No funds; Passport visaed by American consul in Vladivostok and Yokohama; Turned loose from Russian army when revolution took place and made way to Odessa; Home province occupied by German armies; HIAS helped him buy passage in Yokohama; Excluded because illiterate; Appeals; Leaves for Canada to join Jewish Legion.