East German Alien Passport Type
East Germany’s (GDR) passport types consisted of a standard, service, and diplomatic passport type, but this ALIEN TYPE (for non-citizens…
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Documents of an East German Diplomat
Estate of a GDR diplomat, active in Egypt as an advisor to the Egyptian Minister of Education and as 2nd…
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GDR Passport to Cuba – Youth Festival 1978, Havana
GDR Passport Cuba Havana This East German (GDR) passport was used for travel to Havana, Cuba, in 1978. Not many…
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Espionage, Stasi – Treason with Death
Just a strange coincidence – or more? Before he fatally shot student Benno Ohnesorg, police officer and Stasi agent Karl-Heinz Kurras…
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East German Passport 1983 with unusual visas
My friend Mat pointed me to a captivating GDR passport from 1983 with visas to unusual destinations. The bearer was…
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East Germanys last defense minister H. Kessler
General Heinz Kessler was responsible for the former East German shoot-to-kill policy to stop people from escaping to the West….
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MfS passport control at the inner-German border
60 years Berlin Wall MfS passport control From 1964 at the latest, MfS employees of the later passport and control…
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Interzonal Train D151 – 13 Aug 1961 – Berlin Wall
60 Years Berlin Wall August 13, 1961, 8:10 a.m. Interzonenzug D 151 leaves Munich on time for East Berlin. Most…
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The man behind the pseudonym Marten Tjaden
He studied in Moscow; his political career began in the 1930s when he became a party official, a position for…
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Early East German 1950s Passports
early East German passports While reviewing my East German (GDR) passport collection, I found out that I have far more…
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Walther Ulbricht – The papers of the wall builder
“No one intends to build a wall.” This sentence has gone down in history. It was uttered in 1961 by…
