Crossing the border on the last day! In previous articles, I wrote extensively about the special short period of time that existed, following the outbreak of war, a short-lived "window of opportunity" that enabled thousands of refugees and military personnel, to escape into neighboring Romania...
As indicated inside a 1965 issued passport. When one collects documents and papers from time to time one manages to locate the odd and interesting item. This can be classified as one such case. Dvora-lea Weingarten was born to Jehoshua and Rosa Weingarten (nee Gejermost)...
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...
One of the tragic endings of World War Two was the destruction and systematic annihilation of Hungary’s Jewish community. Germany’s last offensive operation of the war was the invasion of Hungary on March of 1944. This was known as operation Margarethe...
Post-war material for visa & travel documents usage and application. The items in this article are not actual travel documents but rather the documentation that was issued and used internally by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation offices and the International Refugees Organization that was...
On official duty for serving in the US Asiatic Fleet. Pre-war issued special passport for a high ranking US navy officer that was sent to the Far East. The Asiatic Fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Asiatic_Fleet existed mainly d...
Russian Commission in Germany WW2 issued ID card. During the period between the two world wars, many Russians immigrated to Germany. The period is from 1918 to roughly 1942, the time shortly after the Operation Barbarossa....
Bulgarian Finance Ministry Inspector General's travel document. The last year of the war was very important with profound developments in favor of the Allies and with negative devastating prospects for the Axis powers, who were clearly by now loosing at all fronts, and the "Writing...
International Refugee Organization issue. After the end of World War Two, United Nations personnel or affiliated members of related organizations, working in relief and rescue efforts, spread out throughout the various countries, be it in the west or eastern part of Europe...
Issued at Tehran for use in India by the Polish embassy. During World War Two countless of refugees sought refuge in Allied and neutral countries; and some even managed to find a safe haven as far away as in India....
