German-Soviet pre-1933 cooperation. Before Adolf Hitler came to power in January of 1933, the Soviet Union and Germany had a rich cooperation that began in the 1920's. After WWI both countries were practically in ruins and devastated economically. T...
For the British Mandate of Palestine. Mr. Hyamson would personally review and issue himself many of the immigration application and passports themselves...
Last 6 months of the war – an official's passport. Even as the war was coming to an end by the second half of 1944, some aspects continued to function "normally" as if there was no war at all: the diplomatic actions and relations ...
Pre-war used German passport. The passport here is a regular issued German travel document that was used before the outbreak of war in 1939. The document was issued to a citizen living in Angerburg...
and with a connection to the Mozambique exchange of Allied and Enemy personnel. It’s not every day that one can admire a visa placed inside a passport. The image here is of a Japanese visa that was issued in Nazi Germany, hand written visa and singed with the applied red chop. ...
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...
Following the German invasion of Poland from the West on September 1st and by the Red Army from the East on the 17th, thousands of refugees and soldiers fled into neighboring Romania & Hungary, poring continuously from the north...
Crossing the border on the last day! In previous articles, I wrote extensively about the special short period of time that existed, following the outbreak of war, a short-lived "window of opportunity" that enabled thousands of refugees and military personnel, to escape into neighboring Romania and Hungary. This period of time is very important; not only because of the human...
As indicated inside a 1965 issued passport. When one collects documents and papers from time to time one manages to locate the odd and interesting item. This can be classified as one such case. Dvora-lea Weingarten was born to Jehoshua and Rosa Weingarten (nee Gejermost) from Poland, who in 1939 managed to flee east as the Germans invaded their country (they originated from Juzefuw, close to Lublin). After the war they were repatriated back to Pol...
1916 issued passport to a foreigner during the war. We are all familiar with the post-war refugee passports & travel documents that began to appear following the international conference headed by Fridtjof Nansen (Who headed the international department for refugees at the League of Nations) in Geneva on July 3rd 1922. ...
