Outbreak of war
1939 special short-lived movement Ausweis. Though this is not an actual passport or travel document, it could fall under the category of movement permits...
Vatican Guard arm-band & ID
1943 issue for a member of the Holy See. Very important memorabilia from occupied Rome used over 70 years ago and an important reminder of the dark days that mankind was facing....
WW2 US diplomatic passport
Issued to the family of a Jewish consul in Shanghai. Very interesting document issued before the US entry into the war. ...
1943 Bulgarian AXIS issued passport
SS issued visas from Galicia. Three sides took part in World War Two: The Neutral countries, the Allied countries and last, the Axis countries. All sides had their causes, be it ideological, financial or other, that made them ...
Dutch service passport for the Far East
Used by a former Holocaust survivor during 1946 to 1952. Molly van der Hoop was born to a Jewish mother named Leah Konijn in 1917, Holland. Life was rather quiet and normal until 1940, the year...
Chinese puppet government travel document
Harbin consulate general – 1943. The Japanese established several Asian puppet states throughout of Asia during the 1930's and World War Two: Manchukuo;...
Going to Manchuria in 1938
Visa issued inside a British Palestine passport. The Manchurian Imperial State (满洲帝国) was established or proclaimed as a state in 1932 after the Japanese invaded the territory on September 18th 1931 in what was then part of north-eastern China known also as "Dong Bei" ...
The 1938 Anschluss
Very early German visa for Austria. One of the significant pre-war events of Nazi Germany was the occupation of Austria, known as the Anschluss. This act was another signal that peace in Europe would not last and alarm bells rang off in Europe. ...
Hungary before 1944
Budapest - an immigration paradise. By beginning of 1944 the war was taking its toll on the axis and the inevitable ending was not questioned: the allies were now winning the war and it was only a question of time and the price that the...