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…
Another precious document came into my East German (GDR) collection. A diplomatic passport issued 1959! This is not only the earliest used diplomatic passport in my collection but it was also issued to the wife and daughter of the official…
A quite unique finding is this East German border control equipment case with various devices and documents which was recently available at an auction. My first idea was to bid on it as it’s a great German history related item…
Very happy to find this early East German (GDR) passport. Issued in Berlin 1956 and with several interesting visas and two very special visa. Only in early GDR passports maybe till 1960 you can find such “world visa”. The wall…