Polish refugee to whom a Sugihara life-saving visa was issued the previous year. 1941 marked a turning point in the escalation of the war in Europe and also at the other side of the world – in Asia. This was the year that can be...
Escaping occupation to freedom…1939 was one of the most important years of the 20th Century. In that year alone the world’s fate and destiny changed forever: starting with the complete occupation of Czechoslovakia, Memel territory, Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the outbreak of World War T...
1939 Visa issued by a MI6 officer. The earliest sample that I located dates from a 1925 Turkish passport used for traveling to British Palestine. The last sample I have located dates from 1952, and this would indicate that he was stationed at the same...
Escaping in the last minute. March 15th 1939 was another nail in the coffin for pre-war Europe. This was another event, warn...
Much has been written and said about the infamous German passports specially issued for Jews, marked with a large J...
1948 post-war issued passport to a former SS Standartenführer. Today it has become a known fact that many former SS and Nazi party members avoided trial and imprisonment after the war. Majority of them lived in relatively safe and calm conditions around the world: Canada,...
1938 Krakau issue for a young Jewish teenager. Much has been written and said about the infamous German passports specially issued for Jews, marked with a large J at the top-left corner of the first page that came out following a Swiss request from October...
Allied Military Government travel document.Towards the end of World War Two the allied forces liberated areas that were originally under Axis rule, starting with northern Africa, moving on to Sicily, Italy France and ending with Germany (on the European continent). ...
1944 special travel-permit for a Jew. When one tries to learn about the Holocaust in Europe, there is a clear distinction that has to be made between Axis satellites and states that were entirely dependent on the support from Germany, the occupied territories under the...
Late war issue for a Jewish woman. When we think of Switzerland the images of good chocolate or cheese comes to mind. The country is well known for its delicacies and amazingly breathtaking scenery. These days when I go into the supermarket or the local...
