French Passport Issued In Spain During The Civil War The Spanish Civil War took place from 1936 to 1939 and was fought between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a falangist…

Passport Carl Szokoll – Stauffenberg – Valkyrie – July 20 Plot 1944, von Stauffenberg’s linkman in Vienna during the plot to assassinate Hitler. Szokoll was an Austrian infantry regiment officer, absorbed like the rest of the national army into the…

Pass Service book When I first spotted the document, I thought it’s a Wander book, but actually, this one is a pass- and service book of a maid. But at the same time, it’s also a service book, passport, and…

Swiss History – A Helvetic Republic Passport 1798 In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then had consisted of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance…

German Passport of Governor General Dr. Hans Frank Over thirteen years I have seen many significant passports but very rarely such one like this one of a key Nazi criminal who instituted a reign of terror against the civilian population…

Meet Chaja Szkop (Polish spelling, later would have been spelled Chaya Shkop) from Bransk, born in Bielsk Podlaski in the Bialystok region of the Polish border. She would have been 26 years old at the outbreak of the War, was…

Two Passports of THE GREATEST Muhammad Ali At Auction One passport was already offered at an auction house before his death and a second one came up just these days. The one at the auction house is described as replacement…

Passports Football Legend Pele The “Pele Collection” is unprecedented and extraordinary. It covers every stage of his career — both personal and professional. The collection offers a story of sorts from his signing with Santos FC in 1956 at the…

Passports Of German Field Marshal – Erhard Milch Erhard Milch was one of Hitler’s senior Luftwaffe officers during World War Two. Milch played a crucial role in building up the Luftwaffe pre-1939, and he took credit for the part played…