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British diplomat defied Gestapo

8 Oct, 201617 Apr, 2024 Updated on17 Apr, 2024

British Diplomat Gestapo Were it not for him, Baroness Rabbi Julia Neuberger might not have been born, nor Rabbi Jonathan…

5 Oct, 201621 Feb, 2022 Updated on21 Feb, 2022

PARIS — It’s 1944, in occupied Paris. Four friends spend their days in a narrow room atop a Left Bank…

30 Sep, 20164 Feb, 2017 Updated on4 Feb, 2017

German History Departmental Passport New York This passport is not only one of the earliest travel documents of Germany after…

23 Sep, 20164 Feb, 2017 Updated on4 Feb, 2017

Netherlands Minister Japan Chinese Passport A random search on a auction website was leading me to this Chinese passport from…

20 Sep, 20163 Sep, 2026 Updated on3 Sep, 2026

This 1922 Prussian Passport Proves One Man Reached British Palestine Originally published September 2016, updated in 2026 with expanded historical…

13 Aug, 201619 May, 2026 Updated on19 May, 2026

Third Reich Service Passport – Musicologist Prof. Schünemann Schünemann (1884 – 1945) , the son of a rector, received his…

10 Aug, 201610 Aug, 2016

1905 Imperial Korean passport The passport shown here was issued by the Imperial Korean Foreign Office in Seoul on the…

9 Jul, 201616 Nov, 2020 Updated on16 Nov, 2020

Pass Service book When I first spotted the document, I thought it’s a Wander book, but actually, this one is…

12 Jun, 201631 Dec, 2018 Updated on31 Dec, 2018

Two Passports of THE GREATEST Muhammad Ali At Auction One passport was already offered at an auction house before his…

25 Apr, 20163 Apr, 2023 Updated on3 Apr, 2023

Chiune Sugihara UNESCO Project Yaotsu, Gifu prefecture, Japan – Sugihara’s birthplace, where also the Chiune Sugihara Memorial Hall is located…

9 Apr, 20164 Mar, 2023 Updated on4 Mar, 2023

SS St Louis Passenger’s Passport – Jewish Refugees Nobody Wanted On 13 May 1939, 937 Jews fled Germany aboard a…