The Ratline
Post-war escape route out of Europe. What has become known today by historians, researchers and WW2 enthusiasts as one of the most infamous escape methods used by war criminals...
1944 Budapest – life-saving passport extension
One of the tragic endings of World War Two was the destruction and systematic annihilation of Hungary’s Jewish community. Germany’s last offensive operation of the war was the invasion of Hungary on March of 1944. This was known as operation Margarethe...
UN offices in post-war Shanghai
Post-war material for visa & travel documents usage and application. The items in this article are not actual travel documents but rather the documentation that was issued and used internally by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation offices and the International Refugees Organization that was...
UNRRA ID document
International Refugee Organization issue. After the end of World War Two, United Nations personnel or affiliated members of related organizations, working in relief and rescue efforts, spread out throughout the various countries, be it in the west or eastern part of Europe...
WW2 refugee passport
Issued at Tehran for use in India by the Polish embassy. During World War Two countless of refugees sought refuge in Allied and neutral countries; and some even managed to find a safe haven as far away as in India....
Another fine refugee used passport – Shipwrecked
Czechoslovakian issue used by the new Slovak puppet-state....
Very early Israeli consular laissez-passer
1949 issued at Munich – occupied Germany. The document in this article relates to the fact that not only was it a consular issue but it was most likely one of the earliest Israeli issued sample abroad, and the location makes it an important contribution...
Passport issued after Hitler’s death
Dying Reich’s last German passport....
Rare pre-Anschluss stateless passport
Austrian travel document used for British Palestine no. 010.673 was issued to a Jewish couple originating from Romania...
Rescue efforts in Turkey
WW2 JAFP stationed in Istanbul. One of the last remaining safe-havens for those in Europe by the mid-1940's and located close to the continent was the neutral country of Turkey, bordering with Bulgaria. ...