Printers of Passports & Travel Documents as well. Israel “inherited” it’s Government Printer (GP) from the terminated British Mandate in 1948. Originally established in an old winery, in what was a German settlement colony called Sharona. The Winery went bankrupt and it turned into a printing press in the 1930’s. The printing press changed hands in the first half of 1948, when Jew ...
Czech Jewish woman interned and freed. Last year I located a fine example of WW2 and Holocaust related travel document...
Issued to the wife of ambassador to Tokyo Douglas MacArthur 2nd. Here is a fine early Cold War example that was issued on January 16th 1957. United States diplomatic passport issued to the wife their ambassador in post-war Japan Douglas MacArthur II (1909-1997). The document was issued and hand signed by US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who had a remarkable career as well, chiefly advocating strongly towards a more active and aggressive position to communism at the time of the early Cold War era. He...
Late war issue for a Jewish woman. When we think of Switzerland the images of good chocolate or cheese comes to mind. The country is well known for its delicacies and amazingly breathtaking scenery. These days when I go into the supermarket or the local small grocery store...
Austrian first attempts of issuing ID's & travel documents. Austria was under German occupation from March 1938 to April 1945. The German take-over of the small country is termed as the Anschluss, and once under Nazi control, the Jews suffered the worst vile anti-Semitism since Hitler came to power 5 years earlier: Even in Germany itself the local Jewish population did not suffer such hardships or violent treatment in such a ...
The passport was issued by the short-lived WW2 Croatian puppet-state that was established following the fall and full occupation of what...
A Polish Jew's passport used to escape to freedom. The remarkable story of Denmark during World War Two and its courageous help it gave its Jewish population is an unforgettable event of that horrific war. From all the countries in Europe, Denmark’s Jewish community suffered the least in comparison to other commu...
By the end of 1943 the war was taking its toll on the axis and the inevitable ending was becoming clearer by the day as the fog and mist was evaporating, allowing the sun light ...
Fremdenpass samples from Nazi Germany. Non-Germans who were not citizens, and wanted to go aboard, be it for travel or emigration, where issued these travel documents (special passports for foreigners). Pre-1933 Germany housed thousands of non-German...
The new republic was established at the second half of 1943 following the allied advances in northern Africa and the invasion of Sicily. These events caused the Grand Fascist Council with the backing of the King Victor Emmanuel III to overthrow Mussolini from power. Following his ousting, the new government began secret talk...
