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...
The issuing of passports during the first two months of the war in 1939. One of my passions in collecting passports & travel documents is to the period of the outbreak of the Second World War. But to understand clearly what is the difference between...
One was Jewish and the other an Aryan. When collecting old passports, one makes a point to check every letter and annotation inside the document. Trying to learn more abou...
1950 travel document. Following the founding of Israel the country absorbed many immigrants and among them those with vital talent who were required in the young fledgling state....
Plight of war, escaping to freedom. By early 1940 Europe was in war: Poland has been conquered, and Germany with Russia where jointly controlling the country. Anyone who did not manage to escape east, into Romania...
WW2 passport issued to a consulate official. The Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was founded on April 10th of 1941 after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia. The small "new" country was actually never truly independent, since it was controlled or heavily influenced by both Germany...
Post-Munich Agreement passport used for Palestine in 1939. The 20th Century was one of the most violent centuries in modern history. A century of 2 world wars, each war with its own aftermath, conflicts, some that even can be felt today, already well into the...
These Soviet passports were printed after the war for a specific purpose. They were printed by the government printing press GOZNAK in 1946.After the war, China was flooded with refugees from nearly all possible nations. But a specific type was being eyed by the neighbor...
being a Polish temporary internal passport from Samarkand....
A diplomat who did the right thing. By now we are all familiar with the Righteous among the Nations, those individuals who put their life at risk and issued all the assistance possible, at the time, in order to do the right thing, showed us...
