GDR ID-Card Stalinstadt (DDR-Museum in Pirna)
When I visited my friend Andi in 2013 in Dresden, we also visited the DDR Museum in Pirna. Some time ago, I joined a FB group and got randomly in touch with the owner of the museum, Conny Kaden. I…
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Consular Passport 1858
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Consular Passport This more than one hundred and sixty-year-old passport (large double-folio) from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is a scarce document issued at their Embassy in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1858 to notable composer Carl Luehrss. Mecklenburg-Schwerin…
Two passports of an USAF soldier in Middle East
USAF soldier Middle East Junius M. “Sonny” Cox, 83, of Greenville, passed away on August 13, 2013. Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late Norval and Netrola Leach Cox. Sonny retired from the US Air Force,…
German East Africa Colony 1885 – Carl Peters
Part III – History of German Colonization in Africa German East Africa Colony The acquisition of a German colony in East Africa in 1885 is primarily associated with the name of Carl Peters. Peters, a pastor’s son from Lower Saxony…
Ferdinand von Bredow murdered by the Nazis
Ferdinand von Bredow, born on 16 May 1884, murdered on the night of 30 June 1934, headed the Minister’s Office in the Reich Ministry of the Armed Forces from June 1932 to 30 January 1933 and thus held the position…
Early Israeli Passport Not Valid For Germany
Early Israeli Passport Germany Over the years, I collected several Israeli passports, including the old British Palestine passports, but not often find such early types with a stamp „Not valid for Germany“ in Hebrew and French. Early Israeli Passport Germany…
Heinrich Barth in Central Africa 1850-1855
Part II – History of German Colonization in Africa Heinrich Barth Central Africa Without a doubt, Heinrich Barth is one of the best-known German explorers of Africa. He was born in Hamburg on February 16, 1821, had a humanistic school…
US passport 1953 – European Command General
This magnificent Special Passport of a significant US commander who served in two world wars was just recently made available online. Regrettably, I was unable to grab it. His wife’s passport was included too. Passport European Command General Aaron Bradshaw…
Anonymous – A Woman in Berlin 1945 – Diary
For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. The anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity…