Albert Goering’s Postwar Passport: A Collector’s Look
Two Brothers, One Surname, and the Document That Almost Couldn’t Save Albert Goering When people ask me which passport in…
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Hans Martin Schleyer Biography and Passport
The Man Whose Passport Tells Two Stories at Once: Hans Martin Schleyer Some biographies are difficult to write because there…
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Senator A. Willis Robertson’s 1949 Special Passport
Inside Senator Robertson’s 1949 Special Passport: Shipley’s Signature and the Occupation of Germany Direct Answer: A. Willis Robertson, the Virginia…
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Deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit Geschichte: ZEIT im Check
Thema: Deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit Geschichte Wenn Politikjournalismus Passgeschichte erklärt. “Wer ist deutsch?” ist eine berechtigte Frage. Aber verdient sie eine historische…
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The first Passport of Federal Germany
As a committed researcher and collector of German passports, I am pleased to present one of the earliest passports issued…
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Werner Malbran: The Voice of Postwar German Literature and Film
Hellmut Werner Hoffmann, who worked under the pen name Werner Malbran, was a pioneering postwar German writer and filmmaker known…
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My first trip to the class enemy (FRG to BRD)
The Seeds of Curiosity First Trip Class Enemy It all began with stories my parents brought back in 1977. They…
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Moscows mole in the BND: Heinz Felfe
Heinz Felfe, a former Nazi and undercover agent for the SS security service, later became a KGB operative, spying on…
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GDR travel – Passport compulsory – Germany now a foreign country
This was the headline of a Spiegel article in 1968. GDR travel passport compulsory Shortly after midnight, the traffic light…
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East German Travel Treaties
Travel Freedom? East German Travel Treaties Not many people realize that for a nation insisting on walling in and restraining…
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An East/West Road Trip
An East/West Road trip Unlike the citizens of East Germany living behind the Iron Curtain, West Germans traveled extensively throughout…
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Princess Elmira: Wife of the Last Royal Grandson
The Duchess of Saxony was the wife of Albert Prince of Saxony (†2012), the youngest grandson of the last Saxon…
