Let Pass Or Die – Passport History (eBook Edition)

Let Pass Or Die – Passport History (eBook Edition)

Passport history eBook Topol IT’S FINALLY DONE! After the massive success of the printed edition, the 2nd edition is available now ONLY as DIGITAL EDITION (eBook). 440+ pages and 200+ pictures. Passport History eBook Edition Fascinating travel documents, exciting stories,…

Moshe Yuval brings home Jews from Shanghai

Moshe Yuval brings home Jews from Shanghai

Various organizations in Israel put a plight before the United Nations. As a result, the Jewish Agency and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association (UNRRA) began to make special arrangements to bring out the remaining Jews from China to…

Pierre Cartier passport issued in New York

Pierre Cartier passport issued in New York

Pierre Camille Cartier (March 10, 1878 – October 27, 1964) was a French jeweler. He was one of three sons of Alfred Cartier and the brother of Jacques Cartier and Louis Cartier. Pierre’s grandfather, Louis-François Cartier, took over his teacher Adolphe Picard’s jewelry workshop in 1847, thereby founding the…

Rose Valland – NS Plundering – Assignment Order

Rose Valland – NS Plundering – Assignment Order

A recent TV report inspired this article. The story was new to me, and I believe the brave actions to save looted artworks must be told to a broader audience. Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980)…

A well-traveled German Passport

A well-traveled German Passport

The German passport of Herbert Kulp is an example for a well traveled document in the early 1960s. German craftmanship was world known and Herbert worked probably for one of the big German companies like Siemens etc. Well, he have…

Russian Empress Elisabeth’s passport

Russian Empress Elisabeth’s passport

Peter III was emperor of Russia for a mere six months in 1762 before he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great, and assassinated in 1762. During his reign, he withdrew from the Seven Year’s War and formed an…

A Thai Temple Visit With A Surprise

A Thai Temple Visit With A Surprise

Thai Temple Passport Surprise In Bangkok there is a Big Buddha temple – no, I don’t mean the giant reclining Buddha at Wat Pho. The one I am talking about is the Big Buddha of Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, a sitting…

German ID-Card (Passkarte) History

German ID-Card (Passkarte) History

The Railway changes everything German ID-Card (Passkarte) History The advent of the railway in Germany in the mid-1830s revolutionized the way people travelled, making long-distance journeys more accessible and less arduous. However, with the increasing number of passengers traveling across…

NS-German Passport issued in Luxembourg

NS-German Passport issued in Luxembourg

NS-German Passport Luxembourg Here comes a very nice addition to my own collection. A German passport issued at the German Embassy in Luxembourg 17 Oct 1939 – just three weeks after WWII begun and eight month before Nazi Germany occupied…

Security features 19th-century passport

Security features 19th-century passport

security features 19th-century passport This 1865 passport from the Kingdom of Saxony, Germany is a very unusual type and very different from the standard type. Besides the early Wander books which were at the same time also a passport, it’s…