Fleeing the Soviet Union during the war
WW2 issued refugee passport from Tehran. The Soviet Union and Poland signed the Sikorski–Mayski agreement on July 30th 1941, ...
WW2 related Siamese document
1941 ID issued to a Jewish merchant. This is one of the most intriguing and unique items relating to the Second World War that I have seen, and though it was not a passport, it would still fit nicely into the category of travel related...
1941 Swiss Identity Document
Issued to the Stateless and refugees for traveling abroad. World War Two ushered many changes to the old world; changes that had a profound effect on us all and that can be felt even today...
Outbreak of war
1939 special short-lived movement Ausweis. Though this is not an actual passport or travel document, it could fall under the category of movement permits...
Vatican Guard arm-band & ID
1943 issue for a member of the Holy See. Very important memorabilia from occupied Rome used over 70 years ago and an important reminder of the dark days that mankind was facing....
WW2 US diplomatic passport
Issued to the family of a Jewish consul in Shanghai. Very interesting document issued before the US entry into the war. ...
1943 Bulgarian AXIS issued passport
SS issued visas from Galicia. Three sides took part in World War Two: The Neutral countries, the Allied countries and last, the Axis countries. All sides had their causes, be it ideological, financial or other, that made them ...
Dutch service passport for the Far East
Used by a former Holocaust survivor during 1946 to 1952. Molly van der Hoop was born to a Jewish mother named Leah Konijn in 1917, Holland. Life was rather quiet and normal until 1940, the year...
Chinese puppet government travel document
Harbin consulate general – 1943. The Japanese established several Asian puppet states throughout of Asia during the 1930's and World War Two: Manchukuo;...
Going to Manchuria in 1938
Visa issued inside a British Palestine passport. The Manchurian Imperial State (满洲帝国) was established or proclaimed as a state in 1932 after the Japanese invaded the territory on September 18th 1931 in what was then part of north-eastern China known also as "Dong Bei" ...