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During my research, I found this passport application of a little girl. A little smiling girl murdered by the Nazis. smiling girl murdered Nazis Who was the little girl who […]

History

German passport returned to family 80 years later

18 April, 202024 April, 2020

German passport returned family A Jewish physician whose father fought with the British Army has told of the “remarkable” twist of fate that brought him his passport issued by the […]

History

Iranian Jewish Family of Five travels to Israel

5 February, 20206 February, 20202 Comments

Iranian Jewish Family Israel SAMO-EIL SOLAIMANI, a clerk, born in 1925, travels with his wife, daughter, and two sons to ISRAEL in October 1969 from Mehrabad international airport in Tehran to […]

History

Jewish Names in German Passports

3 January, 202017 January, 2020

Jewish Names German Passports A fellow collector made a comprehensive summary of the applicable decree and the use of Jewish names. The picture at the end of the article is […]

History

Passport Of A Jewish Widow Of A German Consul

26 December, 201927 December, 20192 Comments

Jewish Widow German Consul The occupation in the passport says “Konsulswitwe” (widow of a consul). I couldn’t find any data during my research on who this consul was. But what […]

History

Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz Polish Passport from 1948

20 October, 201829 January, 2019

Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz Polish Passport from 1948 Kedem Public Auction House Ltd, Jerusalem, Israel is offering in their upcoming auction an outstanding document. Lot 108 is the passport of […]

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Austrian passport issued in Shanghai – Return from escape to Europe/USA

24 July, 201816 June, 2019

Austrian passport issued in Shanghai – Return from escape to Europe/USA The Austrian passport is quite interesting as it was issued in 1948 in Shanghai. Its Jewish bearer was most […]

History

Swedish Diplomat Per Anger saved thousands of Jews in Budapest

20 April, 201820 April, 2018

Swedish Diplomat Per Anger saved thousands of Jews in Budapest Thousands of Hungarian Jews were rescued from death in Nazi extermination camps thanks to the Swedish diplomat Per Anger. Not […]

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USSR Passport, Ukraine 1925 Jewish Girl and Man To Palestine

6 March, 201820 June, 2019

USSR Passport, Ukraine 1925 Jewish Girl and Man To Palestine Here is a USSR-UKRAINE passport which is pretty rare. Issued to Yosef and Roselli Sander, leaving from the port of Odesa in 1925, […]

History

Schutz-Jude Abraham Salomon travelling to Frankfurt 1746

10 February, 201824 January, 2019

Schutz-Jude Abraham Salomon was traveling to Frankfurt 1746 together with his son Marcus and later further to Berlin in 1748. A rare mid 18th Century passport issued to a protected […]

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