Union of South Africa Passport 1923 Well Traveled If you see this precious piece you could think the passport is covered in Elephant leather (which is of course not the case). Meet Shopkeeper David Weinberg, born in Lithuania in 1894.…
Update 31.10.2017 Dear Tom, Thank you for your continued support and cooperation for our Sugihara UNESCO Memory of the World project. I regret to inform you that our nomination documents of ”The Sugihara List” on the UNESCO Memory of the…
Lithuanian Passport Visa Issued By Warsaw Ghetto Commander’s Department At the first view this Lithuanian passport,or to be more exact “Safe Conduct”, shows a 27 yo woman but the back of the document reveals a German transit visa issued in…
This Travel Document is one of the most interesting collectible I ever got. Here is the story of this life saving document with a visa issued by righteous diplomat Chinue “Sempo” Sugihara. The document which is a Certificate (Zaswiadczenie) printed…
Sugihara & Zwartendijk – two of eighteen righteous diplomats which took enormous personal risks to rescue Jews and others facing persecution and peril. They were true heroes; indeed, they were among the foremost human rights defenders of their day. Due…
Recently I posted an article about “Diplomats who saved Jews”. Today I can report and display a document issued by one of the *”Righteous Among The Nations”. (*an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked…
EXTREMELY RARE vintage MEMEL TERRITORY (now in Lithuania) passport issued August 23, 1921 in Memel. Three languages : French, German and Lithuanian. FULL of stamps and visas. Light green cover. 16 pages. Good condition. 4″ x 5.5″ – 10 x 14cm. In 1920, according to the…