Issued for Lodz Ghetto resident. Much has been written about the courageous diplomats that during World War Two saved thousands of Jewish lives by issuing them life-saving visas. The list of these fantastic individuals is getting longer and longer and we are discovering more and more about those who risked their careers and even lives in doing the right and honorable thing....
The passport in this article was issued to Friedrich Naschitz who was born on May 21st 1900 in Vienna and was lucky to avoid the war and the Holocaust. Travel document No. 69132 was issued on December 20th 1954 by the Ministry of Interior, Tel Aviv branch (According to a foreign ...
1938 Krakau issue for a young Jewish teenager. Much has been written and said about the infamous German passports specially issued for Jews, marked with a large J at the top-left corner of the first page that came out following a Swiss request from October 5th...
French High Commission for Morocco. The French established a protectorate in Morocco that span from 1912, following the treaty of Fes, to 1956, the year of independence. The French ruled their new colony but not without opposition and unrest from within. There have been several attempts of revolt, with the Berber revolt being the most serious of them all, called also the Second Moroccan War or the Rif War, ...
Manchurian transit visa from China. Here comes another exquisite passport that just makes a great contribution to an archive of important WW2 related travel documents....
Bulgarian passport issued in Prague. This passport, issued in 1942 is a rare find because it was NOT issued back at home, Bulgaria, but abroad. The travel document here is a CONSULAR issue! I have ...
Allied Military Government travel document.Towards the end of World War Two the allied forces liberated areas that were originally under Axis rule, starting with northern Africa, moving on to Sicily, Italy France and ending with Germany (on the European continent). ...
1939 issue from Kaunas. World War Two passports are a very important source of information for us collectors and historians. Written testimonials in form of diaries and letters can offer us the deep...
Issued to an official from the Romanian Air Ministry for service in Germany. Special passport No. 506 was issued for the specific purpose of serving in Nazi Germany, most likely with connection to cooperation with the Luftwa...
This article has attracted interest from our fellow readers and collectors so I have re-listed it here again. Volksdeutsche returning back home from the eastern territories. Specially issued Kennkarte for those ethnic Germans returning back to the Greater Reich. The German government attached great importance to Germans, or those of German blood, who wished to "return back home". And so, after their background was carefully checked by the SS, they were issued special set of paper...
