1940 war-time Polish service passport
Issued in Athens and used before the fall. Here we can locate an interesting document...
Chinese passport issued in Nazi Germany
Issued to a couple living in Berlin before the war. Was lucky enough to locate and add to...
Bulgaria and the Holocaust
1944 issued passport for escaping to Palestine. This is truly an amazing part of World War Two that not many are familiar with. Much has been written about the war and Holocaust with regards to western occupied Europe, Poland and the eastern states overrun in 1941, following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June, in what would be notoriously known as Operation Barbarossa....
1941 Important Tokyo issued passport
Polish refugee to whom a Sugihara life-saving visa was issued the previous year. 1941 marked a turning point in the escalation of the war in Europe and also at the other side of the world – in Asia. This was the year that can be considered as a major changing point in the war, as it brought changes which would ultimately lead to the downfall and implosion of both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan...
1940-1941 Soviet occupation passports
Newly issued passports for former Polish & Baltic States civilians. 1939 was one of the most important years of the 20th Century. In that year alone the world’s fate and destiny changed forever: starting with the complete occupation of Czechoslovakia, Memel territory, Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the outbreak ...
1940 Lithuanian Refugee travel certificate
Escaping occupation to freedom…1939 was one of the most important years of the 20th Century. In that year alone the world’s fate and destiny changed forever: starting with the complete occupation of Czechoslovakia, Memel territory, Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the outbreak of World War T...
Another sample found
1939 Visa issued by a MI6 officer. The earliest sample that I located dates from a 1925 Turkish passport used for traveling to British Palestine. The last sample I have located dates from 1952, and this would indicate that he was stationed at the same posting for over 27 years! A very long period of time indeed! ...
Outstanding Diplomatic passport for Beijing
One of the earliest official passports used for the PRC. Early 1950 issued passport for Beijing. Used during the Korean War and at the height of the Cold War as well....
Chinese puppet regime passport
The Axis coalition mainly consisted of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan...
Post-war Brazilian passport
1949 Issued for a stateless individual. Besides having the option to issue regular, diplomatic or service passports to their citizens, countries also have the capability to issue travel documents to those who do not have that luxury, of being a citizen, those who are refugees, status undermined or who have opted not to accept formal status of the countries they are c...