Turkish passport used for Germany
With post-war entries from 1951. Passport number 42639 was issued to thirty year old Behiye Nevra Talay at Istanbul. The specific purpose of its issuing was for travelling to Western Germany...
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...
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...
Double J stamped German passport
Rare 1942 (!) consular issue. When it comes to German J stamped...
Israeli service passport from 1951
Used by the famed Dayan family for official business. Israeli service passports were issued with specific connection to vital government business when t...
RSI consular travel document
1944 Vienna issued for returning back home. Beautiful and RARE travel document issued to an Italian foreign worker in Nazi Germany for the return back home. The RSI ...
Important Diplomatic passport for Budapest
1944 Turkish travel document issued for use in occupied Hungary. One of the darkest moments in Jewish modern history was the systematic destruction of Hungary's Jewish community in 1944....
Passport with life-saving visa by Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Fall of France and the race to safety. By 1940 the conditions for Jews in Europe were getting worse by the day. Be it in direct German control, axis countries or even in neighboring relatively safer places, Jews were being hunted or under threat. It...
Military attaché to Kabul
WW2 rarity – special passport for Afghanistan. We are all familiar with the various official passports and travel documents that were issued to be used in Europe during the war and more when it comes to German or Allied i...
In Japanese internment camp
US citizen in the Far East. When it comes to rarities and exquisite examples relating to travel documents...