Post-WW2 occupation zone in China
The area of Luda (Dalian), Guandong, is probably the most fascinating and historically important post World War Two zones in China. Following the Red Army’s advance into North East China in September of 1945...
Early WWII Refugee travel certificate
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...
German evacuation/deportation papers
The expulsion of Germans from liberated countries. One of the outcomes to the end of hostilities in Europe of 1945 was the mass reprisals and expulsion of Germans from liberated European countries. The horrific occupation and treatment of c...
1941 Croatian (NDH) Service-Passport
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...
Allied Control Commission for Austria
The beginning of restoration of US-Austrian relations: 1945 US special passport for Vienna. This US passport is of great importance for those who want to understand the post-war political struggles and the situation in Europe following the defeat of Nazi Germany and its allies. At...
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 Czech service passport
Consular issue for a Jewish officer in London. Passport number 214637 was issued to army captain Oskar Strompf...
Unique Soviet travel document
Issued in 1944 at Algeria. Travel documents being issued at times of war and conflict are different to those being issued during times of peace. Political and location aspects of issued samples play a major role and at times such papers are limited to a...
WW2 Indonesian issued German passport
Manchurian transit visa from Japan. Following the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact that was singed at the end of August of that year, it was now possible for Germans, who wanted to return home either for family reunions or short brief business trips, to transit...
First Vienna award related passport
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...