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November 9, 2018

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

Kristallnacht related passport

A Jewess that was expelled to Zbaszyn in 1938. The events that ended up with Kristallnacht on November 9th started with an anti-Semitic action that was carried out by the SS and Gestapo the previous month. After Germany annexed Austria in March of 1938, the Polish government feared that close to 20,000 Austrian Jews (holding Polish passports) would flee and return back home, thus, in order to prevent this from happening, they declared that all such passports of those living for ...

November 1, 2018

in General, Passports

by Neil

Polish official passport from 1927

Used by famed chemist Leon Paweł Marchlewski. 1920's early official Foreign Ministry Polish passport No. 559/27 was issued to ...

October 30, 2018

in General, Passports, WWI

by Neil

Polish-German customs war

Official used passport for negotiations. This part of history is not that known. It does not fall under the First World War or the Second World War either. But it is connected to the former and it did affect the relations of the two countries involved for the first years after the Great War....

October 26, 2018

in Articles, Cold War, Passports, WWII

by Neil

1945 Austrian Repatriation Committee in Germany

Austrian first diplomatic representation in Berlin. Austria was under German occupation from March 1938 to April 1945. The German take-over of the small country...

October 17, 2018

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

Escaping via Spain

J stamped German passport from 1941. The passport here is interesting because of the period it was used at and the specific route chosen, mainly because after June 10th of 1940, many escape options where limited: this wa...

October 17, 2018

in Passports, WWI

by Neil

Rare 1919 Batumi passport

British occupation of Georgia issued travel document. The First World War brought to an end the old political and world order that existed for centuries, and with the end of hostilities came some of the most "infamous" peace treaties that the 20th century witnessed. ...

October 10, 2018

in Holocaust, WWII

by Neil

Vatican Guard arm-band & ID

1943 issue for a member of the Holy See. Very important memorabilia from occupied Rome used over 70 years ago and an important reminder of the dark days that mankind was facing....

September 21, 2018

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

The Holocaust in Albania

Liberation laissez-passer for a Jewess. 1945 Issued travel document...

August 17, 2018

in Cold War, General, Passports

by Neil

Diplomatic Israeli passport – Germany 1962

Here is an interesting passport, which has strong connections to the 50 years celebrated these days between Israel and Germany, due to officially establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries....

August 15, 2018

in Cold War, Passports

by Neil

Colonial diplomatic passport

Superb 1952 Ceylon document. Being issued originally in a regular passport then HAND changed to a diplomatic passport could possibly explain that during the first years. ...