Netherlands Minister To Japan – Chinese Passport 1929

The St. Louis and the faith of its passengers After Kristallnacht in November 1938, many Jews within Germany decided that it was time to leave. Though many German Jews had emigrated in the preceding years, the Jews who remained had…

Passport of Philippe Petain – Marshal of France – Chief of State A document of significant French history – the passport of the later Chief of State (Chef de l’État Français) of Vichy France (1940 to 1944). Pétain, 84 years…

Books on passport history are limited, and it’s always fantastic when a new book on the topic comes up. Albert Baiburin’s book about THE SOVIET PASSPORT was published in 2017 in Russian and, since Nov 2021, has also been available…

Third Reich Diplomatic Passport Sophie Schulze-Bernett Following up on her son’s passport here comes Sophie’s German diplomatic passport issued at the Foreign Office in Berlin 24 August 1942. The wording in the document says… “Issued to Sophie Schulze-Bernett, spouse of…

Richard Washburn Child (August 5, 1881 – January 31, 1935) was an American author, diplomat, and promoter of fascism, in particular Italian Fascism, in the early 20th century.  Ambassador Child Signed Passport Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1881, Child went to Harvard University and Law School where he graduated in…

Tanganyika was a territory administered by the United Kingdom from 1916 until 1961. The UK initially administered the territory as an occupying power with the Royal Navy and British Indian infantry seizing the territory from the Germans in 1916. From…