1951 early Fremdenpass
One of the earliest West German issues for foreigners. Fremdenpass numbered 185/51 was issued to Dr. Heinrich krau aged 46 who was classified by then as being stateless. The travel document was issued ...
Official passport used for Vietnam
US Navy officer serving in the Far East. Official passport issued on February 7th 1956 at Manila, Philippines, to naval officer ranked Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) named William Augustus Wheless, based at the Naval Station Sangley Point....
Suez Crisis
British passport and its usage in Egypt at the time. The Sinai Campaign is known also as Tripartite Aggression or in Israel as Mivzta Kadesh (Kadesh Operation)....
Post-war women’s international conference
1945 WIDF Founding Congress - Paris. The event took place during 5 days from November 26th to the 30th. The event attracted over 800 delegates from close to 40 countries who represented 81 million women at the time. The event was summarized on the first...
UNRRA official in Mukden
1946 US passport for a possible intelligence officer. My interest got very strong to the occupation of north-eastern China known as 东北, the area where the Manchurian minority was living for centuries. The area, rich in minerals ...
U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (USHCG)
1952 issued Special passport. The planning for the occupation of Germany began in early 1944 by the European Advisory Commission, based in London, and actual preparations for the post-war occupation began after the Allies started entering sections of the country in September of that year....
United Nations Command
Korean War issued special visa. One of the aftermaths of the Second World War was the Korean War that broke out on the Korean peninsula in 1950 and lasted until 1953, with the division of forces and population behind the 38th parallel; a division that...
Al Schwimmer – the man and the vision
1958 passport used by the founder of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Al Schwimmer was born in 1917 in the US. His attraction to planes began at a young age and also a career with Lockheed Corporation contributed immensely to his work later on. During...
WW2 Czech service passport
Consular issue for a Jewish officer in London. Passport number 214637 was issued to army captain Oskar Strompf...
1958 consular issued passport
Polish Peoples Republic. Consular passport number 34628/58 was issued at London on May 30th 1958 and was valid for a period of 12 months, being issued to Otylia-Elzbieta Kołodziej aged 45 from Buchowice ...