“Rejected”: The Passport That Captured Nazi Persecution in One Line
On 11 October 1938 — just six days after the Nazi regime made the red J-stamp mandatory for all Jewish passports — a Jewish merchant…
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Deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit Geschichte: ZEIT im Check
Thema: Deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit Geschichte Wenn Politikjournalismus Passgeschichte erklärt. “Wer ist deutsch?” ist eine berechtigte Frage. Aber verdient sie eine historische Antwort oder eine politische? Heinrich…
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Nazi Diplomatic Passport – Sophie Schulze-Bernett, Abwehr Officer’s Wife
Following up on her son’s passport here comes Sophie’s German diplomatic passport issued at the Foreign Office in Berlin August24, 1942. The wording in the…
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Guild Letters & Medieval Safe-Conducts: Before the Passport
Every passport collector knows when the modern passport began. Far fewer know what it replaced. The standard history of the passport has a familiar arc….
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Von Wangenheim Passport – German Ambassador, Armenian Genocide
Another outstanding and historic, most valuable German document for my collection! This is the passport of Baron von Wangenheim, German Ambassador in Constantinople / Ottoman…
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Evolution of the Australian Passport: 1901–2026 History & Security
The Australian Government started issuing passports in 1901 following the federation of the colonies However, Australia’s first federal passport regulations were not introduced until 3…
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Hans Bongers: 1939 Lufthansa Passport | Aviation History Document
A Pioneer’s Paper Trail: The 1939 Passport of Hans M. Bongers In 2026, Lufthansa marks a major milestone: on January 6, 1926, the first “Luft…
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Nils Marelius 1761 Swedish Passport: Royal Document
sweden passport nils marelius In May 1761, a Swedish engineer named Nils Marelius prepared for a journey that required more than courage and a good…
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Siam Passport 1947 – When Siam Became Thailand
Brief History Siam Thailand Passport Around a thousand years ago, people who spoke a language from the Tai group settled in what is now Thailand….
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Korean War Evacuation 1950: Rare U.S. Dependent Passport
“A special note of gratitude goes to John MacConnell, who first appeared to the world as the boy in this newspaper feature. His willingness to…
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John W. Young Passport 1963 Moonwalker Gemini Apollo Space Shuttle – 12 Humans Ever on the Moon
🚀 ARTEMIS II just launched but THIS document is true history! Item Description You’re looking at one of the rarest documents in space history. This…
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Prince Heinrich XV. Reuss zu Greiz – Passport 1814
This document is a Passport for Abroad (Passaporto all’Estero) issued in 1814 under the authority of Heinrich XV, Prince of Reuss-Plauen, who was then the…
