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. ...
WWII UNRRA used passport
1944 travel document for an official traveling to the Middle East on refugee matters. Special US passport that was issued in the United States for a member of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration organization during its first year of operation. The passport in...
Paul Blobel
Ausweis issued to a senior Einsatzgruppen member....
Occupied China & Swiss protection
WWII used allied passport with protection endorsements inside. Following the Japanese occupation of larger sections of China, which until December of 1941 was rather limited to smaller sections of the eastern coast, not forgetting of course the earlier occupation of the North-East (Manchuria), many foreign...
German J stamped Passport for the East
Germany-USSR-Manchuria-Japan-USA. The passport, with a remarkable low SN 97, was issued at Wurzburg on April 19th 1940, and used at the end to immigrate to the United States. Escaping out of Germany was not an easy feat, especially for Jews and after the outbreak of...
Double J stamped German passport
Rare 1942 (!) consular issue. When it comes to German J stamped...