USSR Jewish Passport 1925 Travel to Palestine

USSR Passport Ukraine Palestine
Here is a USSR-UKRAINE passport which is pretty rare. In 1925, travel documents were issued to Yosef and Roselli Sander in Odesa. They arrived in Palestine on October 5, 1925, with stamps from the KNVD, featuring Ukrainian and French languages. Visa for Palestine including revenues, Ukrainian stamp, and Palestine arrival.

 

 

 

 

 

The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs, abbreviated NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. Established in 1917, the NKVD was originally tasked with conducting regular police work and overseeing the country’s prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, with its functions being dispersed among other agencies, only to be reinstated as an all-union ministry in 1934.

NKVD

The People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs, abbreviated NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. Established in 1917, the NKVD initially handled regular police duties, supervised prisons, and managed labor camps. It disbanded in 1930, redistributing its functions among other agencies. Nonetheless, it reinstated as an all-union ministry in 1934.

OGPU

The NKVD absorbed the functions of the OGPU, the secret police organization, in 1934. Through this consolidation, the NKVD acquired a monopoly on law enforcement, maintaining dominance until the end of World War II. Simultaneously, it engaged in both regular public order tasks and covert secret police operations. The NKVD is known for its role in political repression and for carrying out the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin. It was led by Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov and Lavrentiy Beria.

Mass Executions

The NKVD conducted mass extrajudicial executions and managed the Gulag labor camps. They repressed Kulaks, deported entire nationalities, protected borders, and enforced Soviet policies globally, including political assassinations. Significantly, they actively participated in repressing and massacring in Poland.

In March 1946, the government renamed all People’s Commissariats to Ministries, rebranding the NKVD as the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).USSR Passport Ukraine Palestine

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