Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Four German Passports for Jewish Aliens ("Fremdenpass") – Passport Stamped with the Letter J – Used to Escape to England, the United States and Palestine
Opening: $400
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Four German alien passports (Deutsches Reich Fremdenpass), issued to Jews. Prague, Karlsruhe, Vienna and Berlin, 1933-1939.
1. Passport issued to Ida Helene Gelmann of Karlsruhe, 1933. With stamps documenting her journey to Palestine in March 1933 (postage stamp of the Adriatica shipping company on inside front cover).
2. Passport issued to Moses Eisner of Vienna, 1939. With stamps documenting his journey to the port of Dover, Great Britain, in May 1939.
3. Passport issued to Sara Schiff of Berlin, 1935. With stamps documenting her journey to the United States in 1940.
4. Passport issued to Isabella Schönberg of Prague, in 1939. With stamps documenting her journey to the port of Haifa in December 1939. Two identifying marks were added in order to mark out the bearer of the passport as a Jew: the letter J, stamped on the first page, and the name "Sara", added to her given name.
German alien passports (Fremdenpass) were first issued in Germany after World War I to refugees who fled the Soviet occupied territories to the west. When the Nazis rose to power, they were used, almost exclusively, for domestic travel, and only a few succeeded in leaving Germany using these passports.
Four passports: 28 pages, approx. 15 cm. Condition varies.
1. Passport issued to Ida Helene Gelmann of Karlsruhe, 1933. With stamps documenting her journey to Palestine in March 1933 (postage stamp of the Adriatica shipping company on inside front cover).
2. Passport issued to Moses Eisner of Vienna, 1939. With stamps documenting his journey to the port of Dover, Great Britain, in May 1939.
3. Passport issued to Sara Schiff of Berlin, 1935. With stamps documenting her journey to the United States in 1940.
4. Passport issued to Isabella Schönberg of Prague, in 1939. With stamps documenting her journey to the port of Haifa in December 1939. Two identifying marks were added in order to mark out the bearer of the passport as a Jew: the letter J, stamped on the first page, and the name "Sara", added to her given name.
German alien passports (Fremdenpass) were first issued in Germany after World War I to refugees who fled the Soviet occupied territories to the west. When the Nazis rose to power, they were used, almost exclusively, for domestic travel, and only a few succeeded in leaving Germany using these passports.
Four passports: 28 pages, approx. 15 cm. Condition varies.
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