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STATE OF LOUISIANA PASSPORT 1826 SIGNED BY HENRY JOHNSON issued for HENRY CARSTENS, twenty-two years of age, a NATIVE OF GERMANY going to HAVANA, New Orleans on the twentieth day […]

History

East German couple traveling 1974 from Schoenefeld airport to Cuba

22 April, 201924 April, 20196 Comments

In the planned economy, travel was organized and subsidized by the state. The largest travel providers in the GDR were the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB), the youth organizations […]

History

Scottish passport 1857 issued to Daniel Stevens to travel to Cuba

29 January, 201916 June, 2019

A Scottish Passport from 1857 It doesn’t seem possible…but it is. Scotland issued once it’s own passports and they are nowadays scarce to find. If at all, they will be […]

History

St Louis Passenger’s Passport – Jewish Refugees Nobody Wanted

9 April, 201622 December, 2019

SS St Louis Passenger’s Passport – Jewish Refugees Nobody Wanted On 13 May 1939, 937 Jews fled Germany aboard a luxury cruise liner, the SS St Louis. They hoped to […]

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SS St.Louis and the faith of its passengers

24 February, 201427 June, 2019

SS St.Louis and the faith of its passengers After Kristallnacht in November 1938, many Jews within Germany decided that it was time to leave. Though many German Jews had emigrated […]

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