East German Passport issued in 1989 with visa from 1995 The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is already history since 28 years but one still can find most interesting documents from this time. Here is one. A GDR passport with a…
The Passport of East German Minister for Ore Mining I still collect East German (GDR) passports whenever I find them interesting and affordable but that you find passports of former government members is truly rare. Here comes one of them. Kurt…
A East German Passport – Wolf Biermann – Singer-Songwriter-Dissident Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song “Ermutigung” and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976.…
One of the very last East German passports issued in July 1990 The passport history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) is a brief one, but most interesting. While the GDR released it’s first passport act only in 1955, six…
For the freedom one may even fake passports – escaping East Germany By today, February 6, 2018 The Berlin Wall stood for 10,361 days, and 10,361 days ago today it fell. Let’s work together to preserve the things that unite rather…
East German Diplomatic Passport Of Schalck-Golodkowski. Parts of the estate of the former GDR currency trader Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski’s estate were auctioned off in Hamburg for around EUR 70,000. We are very pleased with the balance sheet,”said the auction house. The…
East German Diplomatic Passport Prof. Doernberg, Ambassador To Finland and… I was able to aquire several East German Diplomatic passports of Prof. Doernberg, a quite interesting person. Prof. Stefan Doernberg was not only East German ambassador to Finnland but as a…
Diplomatic Passport Of East Germany’s Minister Of State Security (STASI) This is the East German Diplomatic Passport of Erich Mielke (December 28, 1907 – May 21, 2000) a German Communist politician and Minister of State Security of the German Democratic…
Swiss Passport issued in East Berlin, East Germany The Swiss / East Germany diplomatic relation began in Dec 1972 when Switzerland recognized East Germany (GDR) as independent state. The fist mission was just a trade mission and was opened in…