How The Swiss Passport Became Red – Swiss Passport History To have a passport seems to us to be obvious. But the little booklet has yet existed a little over 100 years. And it was only around 50 years ago…
Swissair Chief Pilot Passport – Aviation Pioneer Ernst Nyffenegger issued in 1945 Outstanding aviation document from the early beginning of the Swiss carrier – SWISSAIR! Today known as SWISS (which belongs to Lufthansa). I found another picture from Nyffenegger as…
Swiss Passport Issued By Swiss Poet and Politician Gottfried Keller Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry (German: Der grüne Heinrich), he became one of the most…
Passport of Magda Lutz – Wife of Swiss Diplomat Carl Lutz. CARL LUTZ will be forever remembered as the Swiss Diplomat who saved sixty-thousand Jewish life´s by issuing so-called SCHUTZBRIEFE (Protection Letters) in Budapest in 1944. Lutz divorced his first…
This document (Grenzbescheinigung) issued by the Swiss legation in Istanbul on 15 September 1938 is granting “Madame Necmiye SOYAK” – the wife of Hasan Riza SOYAK – a preferred and expedited border crossing without hindrance. Stamp of the Swiss…
Beautiful document showing Swiss emigration to USA, Mother and child pictures several times. Rare!
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…
Rare Swiss Passport 1942 Issued In The Swiss Embassy Berlin This document is a rare testimony of Swiss citizens in Berlin / Germany during WWII. Learn more about the document itself, the Swiss Embassy in Berlin at those days and…
Third Reich Service Passport – Musicologist Prof. Schünemann Schünemann (1884 – 1945) , the son of a rector, received his doctorate after studying music in 1907 with his thesis on the history of conducting. After his habilitation in 1919 he…
Swiss History – A Helvetic Republic Passport 1798 In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803) represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then had consisted of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance…