Lot 150
Nazi-issued Passport of a Jew from Frankfurt – A Refugee who Escaped to Chile in 1938
German passport (Deutsches Reich Reisepass), issued to Alfred Schloss, a Jewish resident of Frankfurt am Mein, with the letter "J" stamped on the first page. Issued in Frankfurt in September 1938. German.
The passport bears stamps and signatures indicating the efforts of its owner to leave Germany to Chile via France during the last months of 1938: Stamps of approval by the Frankfurt police (September 1938) and by a bank in Frankfurt (November 1938); stamps of the French consulate (travel permit to France) from November-December 1938; stamps of the Chilean consulate in Hamburg (the Consul: Cesareo Alvarez de la Rivera) from September 30, 1938; and a pass stamp to Chile (undecipherable date).
16.5 cm. Good overall condition. Small tears and creases to cover.
For additional information about the Jewish refugees in Chile, see: Escaping Hitler: A Jewish Haven in Chile, by Eva Goldschmidt Wyman (University of Alabama Press, 2013).
