Ever heard of a Fiume Passport?
Ever heard of a Fiume Passport? As stated in another article earlier (see below) a FIUME passport is something pretty rare. I was recently offered one but the seller wanted way too much for it. I was ready to pay…
German Passport 1938 issued in Ljubljana
It is exceptional and uncommon to obtain a German passport issued by their consulate in Ljubljana, Slovenia. History German Passport Consulate Ljubljana The war in Yugoslavia began on April 6th 1941 with bombing Belgrade. Yugoslavia was quickly defeated, surrendering in…
Passports In Art – Yanko Tihov – Passports Are Art!
Passports In Art – Yanko Tihov – Passports Are Art, especially when it comes to old travel documents with their colorful stamps, seals, revenues, handwriting and of course the passport picture. I already introduced other artists involving passports in their…
Karol Wojtyla – Pope John Paul II – Diplomatic Passport As Cardinal
Karol Wojtyla – Pope John Paul II – Diplomatic Passport As Cardinal. Over the years I got many interesting emails, questions and offers from readers but this email was truly something extraordinary. This “somebody” was always very anonymous and he…
Passport of Magda Lutz the Wife of a Hero
Passport Magda Lutz hero CARL LUTZ will be forever remembered as the Swiss Diplomat who saved sixty-thousand Jewish lives by issuing so-called SCHUTZBRIEFE (Protection Letters) in Budapest in 1944. Lutz divorced his first wife, Gertrud, in the late 1940s, and…
This is the diplomatic passport of Raoul Wallenberg
This is the diplomatic passport of Raoul Wallenberg On 6 February 1957, the Soviet government released a document dated 17 July 1947, which stated “I report that the prisoner Wallenberg who is well-known to you, died suddenly in his cell…
Jewish Austrian Passports For Two Families Going To Palestine
These Jewish Austrian Passports For Two Families Going To Palestine were at an auction but unfortunately, I missed them. My congrats to the buyer who grabbed these historical travel documents related to the Nazi-Germany oppression of Jews for his collection….
An Extraordinary Liechtenstein Passport With A History
An Extraordinary Liechtenstein Passport With A History. My German fellow collector G.J. informed me about this fantastic and quite unusual document which he was able to acquire recently and I have to share it with you all because it´s just…
A Rare Find! NS-German Passports Issued in Ljubljana
A Rare Find! NS-German Passports Issued in Ljubljana A document set of two German passports issued 1938 at the German Consulate in Ljubljana / Laibach. The population then was only around 60.000 citizens and it´s interesting that Nazi-Germany had a…