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  • 1936 Bulgarian service passport
  • 1936 Bulgarian service passport
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1936 Bulgarian service passport

Two interesting visas issued inside. Another passport that surfaced recently, and at first glance seemed to be a simple and innocent looking sample, concealed inside at the end valuable information when it comes to visas and their usage inside a passport. These subtle and little crumbs that are laced inside each document, at times, can lead to a surprising find and enrich our understanding not only of the document, but to profound events in history, and in this case to the i...

  • German passport issued in China WW2
  • German passport issued in China WW2
  • German national status in China after WW2
  • German passport issued in China WW2

German national status in China after WW2

German Affairs Commission in Shanghai. The German's status situation in China after World War Two was not a simple clean cut case. During the final and decisive year of 1945, there are two periods of time that effected the status of the German nationals, followed by the Austrians, living in China. Those living under Japanese controlled and those in ‘liberated’ Chinese areas: the former were treated as allies and spared incarceration (excepting those of Jewish origin who were placed inside the “Shanghai Ghetto” in the...

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  • Vichy France passport
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Vichy France passport

Moroccan 1941 issued and used travel document. One of the short-lived "states" that was established during the war and was part of the Axis aligned states that fought the Allies during the war years....