Shanghai Ghetto
The period lasting from 1943 to 1945. This is the amazing story of the Jewish community that was living in Shanghai during World War Two and under the Japanese occupation....
War time used Polish passport
Wife of high ranking navy commander. Polish passport issued to the wife of one of Poland's pre-war navy heroes, who contributed immensely to the development of the country's army and the construction of its navy...
German passport to Iran – 1941
Truly a strange passport indeed. Traveling to Iran during the war. Issued to German business man Friedriech Bruns in 1941, Hannover, it was used to travel to Iran. ...
Interesting war-time US neutral visa
Up to the end of 1941, the United States was not at war but a neutral power. Prior to Pearl Harbor the US enacted the Neutrality Act of 1939, on November 4th, following the German invasion of Poland the Britain with France declaring war on Nazi Germany...
Italian Social Republic passport 1945
The new republic was established at the second half of 1943 following the allied advances in northern Africa and the invasion of Sicily. These events caused the Grand Fascist Council with the backing of the King Victor Emmanuel III to overthrow Mussolini from power. Following his ousting, the new government began secret talk...
Chinese Diplomatic passport
Due to the interest that this document has attracted in the past, I have decided to run it again here today. Pre-war used passport for Europe up to 1944. One...
German war Soldbuch
used for 6 years throughout the entire war. Very interesting document issued days before the eruption of hostilities...
1941 Swiss Identity Document
Issued to the Stateless and refugees for traveling abroad. World War Two ushered many changes to the old world; changes that had a profound effect on us all and that can be felt even today...
Another NKVD related travel document
being a Polish temporary internal passport from Samarkand....
MI6 agent who issued lifesaving visas – Turkey WW2
A diplomat who did the right thing. By now we are all familiar with the Righteous among the Nations, those individuals who put their life at risk and issued all the assistance possible, at the time, in order to do the right thing, showed us all that humanity does have its finest hour....