The Tehran Children
and British Mandate internment camp permits. 1943...
WWII relief workers special passport
1944 issued UNRRA travel document for an official. Special US passport issued to a manager who was working for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration organization from its start. Here is a fine example of an early relief & assistance trave...
Forged passport for escape
1939 produced Polish passport. I am very passionate towards passports & travel documents used during the period of the first two months of the outbreak of war in Europe, the months of September and October were Polish passports were being issued and used to escape...
Jewish “Hachsharah” training farm
1939 German J stamped passport. Much has been written and documented about these infamous German issued special passports for its citizens, though some for 'undetermined status' holders also received the J stamped passports between 1938 to 1941 (around O...
Manchurian visa inside a British passport
War-time Swiss protection endorsements issued at Beijing & Shanghai....
Mandate passport from Prague
Used to escape occupied Prague. March 15th 1939 was another nail in the coffin for pre-war Europe...
Mauritius internees
Another Jewish refugee related passport....
J stamped German passport
Wien issue with refugee ID....
Post-war “ESCAPE” organization in Europe
This is part of World War Two that is not known to many. Like most nations, each country decides to focus on the section of history that glorifies or enhances its role in the Great War: The contribution of its people, its soldiers, to the...
Romania & the Holocaust
Rare VoMi issued SS Kommandobuch....