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February 19, 2017

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

WW2 Polish passport from the Soviet Union

What makes this passport interesting is the location and time of its issuing. During the period of late 1941 and 1943, the capital of the Soviet Union was moved from Moscow to another city: It was decided that the new capital would be rather the...

February 4, 2017

in Passports, WWI

by Neil

1919 interesting travel permit – Bombay

Issued to a Jewish family from Turkish Palestine. The foreign relations of British India were handled in two main paths: The Political Department (was in charge of relations in the Asiatic sphere of influence) and the Foreign Department (dealing with European and other external foreign...