The passport of Prof. Dr. Franz Böhm – Luxembourg Agreement This passport from 1950, issued by the Military government for Germany belonged to Franz Böhm (16 February 1895, Konstanz – 26 September 1977, Rockenberg) who was a German politician, lawyer, and economist. Böhm was a member of the German Bundestag from…
United Nations Diplomatic Visa On Benjamin Franklin Passport A collector friend from USA has send in this interesting United Nations visa which was issued on a “Ben Franklin” passport (issued only 1993-1994) by the U.S. State Dept., to commemorate the…
East German Passport issued in 1989 with visa from 1995 The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is already history since 28 years but one still can find most interesting documents from this time. Here is one. A GDR passport with a…
Union of South Africa Passport 1923 Well Traveled If you see this precious piece you could think the passport is covered in Elephant leather (which is of course not the case). Meet Shopkeeper David Weinberg, born in Lithuania in 1894.…
Austrian passport issued in Shanghai – Return from escape to Europe/USA The Austrian passport is quite interesting as it was issued 1948 in Shanghai. It’s Jewish bearer was most likely fleeing from the Nazis. Shanghai was during the Nazi area a…
German Passport of Ernst Munzinger – Plot against Hitler 74 years after the failed assassination plot on Adolf Hitler… The following passport is of significant importance in German history as it’s bearer was a conspirator in the German Resistance and…
Necessity Of Passports For Alien Women Immigrating To USA Migration, immigration and emigration is one of the most challenging topics our society has to handle nowadays. But it’s not a new topic as you can read in this article which…
The Evolution Of The Federal German Passport Within 67 Years The very first Federal German passport This article is about passport design, but you will learn also interesting facts about passport history. The Federal Republic of Germany was founded on…
Tsar Nicholas II Passport – 100th Anniversary Of His Murder Exactly this week – 100 years ago in the early hours of the morning of 17 July 1918, the deposed Tsar, his wife Alexandra, and their children Grand Duchesses Olga,…
Special passport issued by Canada for the 1936 Vimy pilgrimage During a research I stumbled over this unusual Canadian passport, which I never hear of before, but the story behind this special passport is of national significance. The Canadian National Vimy…