WW2 Diplomatenpass
1944 Superb German Diplomatic passport. When it comes to rarities and exquisite examples relating to travel documents,...
1940 life-saving Italian visa
Issued for Lodz Ghetto resident. Much has been written about the courageous diplomats that during World War Two saved thousands of Jewish lives by issuing them life-saving visas. The list of these fantastic individuals is getting longer and longer and we are discovering more and...
Iceland honorary consuls’ passport
The passport in this article was issued to Friedrich Naschitz who was born on May 21st 1900 in Vienna and was lucky to avoid the war and the Holocaust. Travel document No. 69132 was issued on December 20th 1954 by the Ministry of Interior, Tel...
J stamped German passport from Poland
1938 Krakau issue for a young Jewish teenager. Much has been written and said about the infamous German passports specially issued for Jews, marked with a large J at the top-left corner of the first page that came out following a Swiss request from October...
Moroccan interim French visa from 1956
French High Commission for Morocco. The French established a protectorate in Morocco that span from 1912, following the treaty of Fes, to 1956, the year of independence. The French ruled their new colony but not without opposition and unrest from within. There have been several...
German consulate in Tianjin 1938
Manchurian transit visa from China. Here comes another exquisite passport that just makes a great contribution to an archive of important WW2 related travel documents....
Axis consular passport 1942
Bulgarian passport issued in Prague. This passport, issued in 1942 is a rare find because it was NOT issued back at home, Bulgaria, but abroad. The travel document here is a CONSULAR issue! I have ...
1950 Superb AMG Stateless passport
Allied Military Government travel document.Towards the end of World War Two the allied forces liberated areas that were originally under Axis rule, starting with northern Africa, moving on to Sicily, Italy France and ending with Germany (on the European continent). ...
One of the last Polish passports from Lithuania
1939 issue from Kaunas. World War Two passports are a very important source of information for us collectors and historians. Written testimonials in form of diaries and letters can offer us the deep...
Another WW2 Service passport
Issued to an official from the Romanian Air Ministry for service in Germany. Special passport No. 506 was issued for the specific purpose of serving in Nazi Germany, most likely with connection to cooperation with the Luftwa...