"Deutches Reich Reisepass", passport of Nazi Germany, issued to a Jewish man. Breslau, 1939.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Berthold Ehrenberg of Schönsee (Bavaria); 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 "Israel", added to his given name.
The stamps in the passport document Berthold's escape from Europe: tansit visa through Chile and an entry visa to Bolivia (issued in the consulates in Germany, 1939), exit stamp from Cuxhaven (June 1939), entry stamps to Chile and Bolivia (July 1939) and a permanent stay permit in Bolivia (1940).
All pages, except pp. 16-18 (bearing the Bolivian stay permit), are marked with a cancellation stamp.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Cover slightly worn. Tear along spine. Document stapled to back cover (issued on the same day as the passport).