Temporary Travel Document issued for the Jew Jerzy Artman, by the Military Government for Germany. With visas and stamps documenting his trip from Europe to Palestine. Germany, 1947. English, French and German.
Appearing on the first pages are the pictures of the owner of the document and his wife, their personal details and several stamps documenting its only use – a trip from Germany to Palestine via Marseille (exit visa from the area of the Military Government in Germany, entrance visa to Palestine, exist stamp from Marseille and entrance stamp to Palestine; all dated May 1947).
Mounted on the back cover is a printed note: "This document may be issued to refugees and displaced persons as defined in the Constitution of the International Refugee Organisation and to persons other than German who by virtue of the fact that they do not enjoy the protection of their government are not in a position to apply for a national passport".
The name Jerzy Artman appears in the database of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, with personal details matching those in this document, as a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
24 pp. approx. 15 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and creases. Some small tears to edges. Cover and some leaves partly detached (no spine).