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July 11, 2020

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

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...

July 3, 2020

in Passports, WWII

by Neil

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....

July 2, 2020

in Passports, WWII

by Neil

WW2 Aden colony passport

1940 British Protectorate issued travel document. Some of the rare and most sort after passports were those issued in former colonial territories that once belonged to the...

June 13, 2020

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

London issued war-time passport

Polish Government-in-Exile 1941. Another superb example that is connected to WW2...

June 10, 2020

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

Sugihara & Zwartendijk life-saving visas

1938 Czech passport used to travel to the Far East. Much has been written and told about the courageous and extra ordinary Japanese individual Chiune Sempo Sugihara, when acting as Japanese consul to Lithuania in the years 1939-1940, issued close to 2,400 lifesaving visas; visas that aided the users, mostly Polish Jewish refugees, to survive the war....

June 10, 2020

in Articles, General, Holocaust, Passports

by Neil

Weimar Republic diplomatic passport

Interesting German official passport used by Foreign Office interpreter and French law expert, Dr. Fritz Nordern, who was born to a Jewish family on March 19, 1881 in Leipzig and passed away on June 28, 1932 in Geneva ...

June 9, 2020

in Articles, Passports, WWII

by Neil

Polish Military Mission 1946

To the Allied Control Council in Germany. Towards the end of World War Two the four powers agreed to establish in post-war Germany and Austria military liaison missions....

May 22, 2020

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

US stateless travel document

Manila issue from 1941. The document in this article is another remarkable testimony to the ...

May 15, 2020

in Cold War, Passports, WWII

by Neil

Post-war women’s international conference

1945 WIDF Founding Congress - Paris. The event took place during 5 days from November 26th to the 30th. The event attracted over 800 delegates from close to 40 countries who represented 81 million women at the time. The event was summarized on the first day of December during a meeting in the "Vélodrome d'Hiver"....

May 13, 2020

in Articles, WWII

by Neil

TRIESTE – Allied Identity card

Post-war occupational zone in Europe. This beautiful city is located in the north-eastern section of Italy, on the coast, situated near Slovenia on the Adriatic Sea...