"Deutches Reich Reisepass", passport of Nazi Germany, issued to a Jewish woman. Jaffa, 1938.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Gertrud Hoff of Ramat Gan; 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.
Stamped by the German Consulate in Jaffa (Deutsches Konsulat in Jaffa) and signed by the German Consul in Jaffa.
The German consulate in Jaffa was active during the years 1870-1917 and 1926-1939. It was administratively subject to the consulate in Jerusalem, but had certain independent authorities. Nazi Party member Timotheus Wurs (1874-1961) served as German consul in Jaffa between 1932 and 1939. At the same time, he served as director of the German Temple Society Bank (Bank der Tempelgesellschaft) in Jaffa.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Cover slightly worn.