Tom Topol • Author • Passport History Expert • Old Passports

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Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz Passport, Zurich 1948

29 August, 202023 September, 20204 Comments

Kupfer Koberwitz Dachau Diaries On May 11, 1945, just three days after the German capitulation, the US-Missions in Bern, Stockholm, and Madrid requested access to the German Diplomatic Archives. A […]

Congressman Hansen Iran Hostage

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Congressman George V. Hansen – Iran Hostage Crisis

27 August, 202027 August, 2020

George V. Hansen, a flamboyant Idaho congressman who launched a quixotic one-man mission to bring back U.S. hostages from Iran and who later went to prison for violating federal ethics […]

old German Embassy Washington

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The old German Embassy in Washington

24 August, 202025 August, 2020

The old German Embassy was located just west of Thomas Circle at 1435-41 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. In 1894 the German embassy occupied a new chancery at 1435 Massachusetts Avenue. That […]

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US Passports for Military Personnel & Dependents

21 August, 202020 August, 2020

The following passport-type I see for the very first time. The document is much smaller than the standard passport and has the size of the little Seaman’s passport booklet. The […]

US Consulate Lisbon 1943

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Scarce US Consulate Lisbon Passport 1943

19 August, 202018 August, 20204 Comments

US Embassies and Consulates during WWII US Consulate Lisbon 1943 There is hardly a country in Europe that was not temporarily occupied by German troops between October 1938 and May […]

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Fantasy and Camouflage Passports

17 August, 202017 August, 20209 Comments

Currently, there are around 180 fantasy passports, camouflage passports, and documents of territories that are not internationally recognized listed. Such documents were increasingly used by migrants to attempt to enter […]

For the freedom one may even fake passports

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For the freedom one may even fake passports

16 August, 202015 August, 2020

For the freedom one may even fake passports For the freedom one may even fake passports – escaping East Germany For the German Democratic Republic (GDR), he was the number […]

Guernsey passport young girl

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Guernsey passport 1916 for a young girl

15 August, 202015 August, 2020

Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel near the French coast and is a self-governing British Crown dependency. It’s known for beach resorts like Cobo Bay […]

German History Berlin Wall

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German History – The Rise And Fall Of The Berlin Wall

13 August, 202013 August, 2020

On this day, 59 years ago the Berlin Wall was built. A significant event for Germany and the Western world. Today, Germany will be already reunified for already 30 years […]

Diplomatic Passport Georg Duckwitz

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The Diplomatic Passport of Georg F. Duckwitz

13 August, 202013 August, 2020

Seventy-seven years ago, in early October 1943, the Nazi regime attempted to deport Denmark’s Jewish community as part of the “final solution,” the genocide of Europe’s Jews. The heinous plan […]