Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
German Passport Issued to a Jewish Woman – Marked with the Letter J – Vienna, 1938 – Stamps Documenting an Escape to the USA
Opening: $200
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
"Deutches Reich Reisepass", passport of Nazi Germany, issued to a Jewish woman. Vienna, 1938.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Rosa Schneider of Vienna; 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 (on p. 7, a stamp related to the addition of the name "Sara").
The stamps in the passport document a journey from Vienna to New York in February 1940: American immigration visa (issued in the consulate in Vienna); a one-time, Italian transit visa, for travel to New York on board the Conte di Savoia (issued in the consulate in Vienna); exit visa from Germany (Vienna); and Italian and German border-pass stamps.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition.
First pages contain the picture and personal details of the bearer of the passport, Rosa Schneider of Vienna; 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 (on p. 7, a stamp related to the addition of the name "Sara").
The stamps in the passport document a journey from Vienna to New York in February 1940: American immigration visa (issued in the consulate in Vienna); a one-time, Italian transit visa, for travel to New York on board the Conte di Savoia (issued in the consulate in Vienna); exit visa from Germany (Vienna); and Italian and German border-pass stamps.
32 pp., 16.5 cm. Good condition.
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