German Passport – Deutsches Reich Reisepass, issued for Erich Israel Fried on behalf of Nazi Germany Mission in Copenhagen. Copenhagen, 1938.
On the first page of the passport appears the ink-stamp "J" (Jew), and on the following pages appears a photograph of Erich, his signature and personal details. On the following pages appear ink-stamps from the years 1938-1939, documenting the route of Erich's travel from Europe to Palestine: exit ink-stamp from the city of Esbjerg (Denmark), dated 11.2.1939; entry ink-stamp to France through Feignies, dated 13.2.1939; exit ink-stamp from France through Marseille, dated 16.2.1939; ink-stamp of mandatory immigration department in Palestine, in Tel Aviv, dated 21.2.1939; more ink-stamps.
The name Israel was added to the passport holder's name following a law legislated in Nazi Germany in 1938 obliging all Jews with a "non-Jewish" name to add the names "Israel" or "Sarah" to their names.
On the upper right corner of the front cover appears a label of the ship Champollion (that transferred Jewish refugees to Palestine in the 1930s and during World War II). Numbered in pencil 167.
16.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and slight defects (mainly to cover).