LOT 48:
German-Jewish Passport from the Nazi Germany Period [Deutsches Reich Reisepass] , Marked with a "J"
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German-Jewish Passport from the Nazi Germany Period [Deutsches Reich Reisepass] , Marked with a "J"
Passport for a Jew named Edgar Philin, a Hamburg native [b. 1908], marked with the letter "J" [Jew - Jude] according to the Nazi antisemitic racist laws. Edgar was saved from the Nazi claws, and after fleeing from the German region, he arrived in the United States.
The "J" was stamped by the Nazis in Warsaw only about two weeks after the Nazi law to stamp Jewish passports with the letter "J" took effect on 20/10/1938. [The law was enacted on October 5 of that same year.]
Edgar escaped from German territory in April 1939, fled to England and from there to the United States. Including stamps from the countries he passed through.
On October 5, 1938, in accordance with the Nuremburg laws whose goal was to identify and isolate the Jews, the Reich offices issued a law invalidating the Jews' passports until they were marked with a "J." Later, on January 1, 1939, the Nazis added a section which required the Jews with "non-Jewish" names to also add the name "Israel" or "Sarah."
32 leaves. 16.5 cm. Very fine condition.