Auction 122 Part 2 UNLIMITED
By Winner'S
Jul 21, 2020
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 250:

Passport in German and Yiddish. Lithuania under German Occupation, 1917


Start price:
$ 70
Estimated price :
$200 - $300
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Passport in German and Yiddish. Lithuania under German Occupation, 1917


"Pass" [passport]. Jewish passport issued by Gebiet des Oberbefehlshabers Ost [the German Administration in Ober-Ost] on January 28, 1917, with an ink stamp: "Verwaltungsgebiet Litauen" - the Administration in Lithuania.


The passport was issued by the German authorities in the areas that Germany temporarily occupied during WWI [including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, and parts of Poland and Courland]. The content is in both Yiddish and German. Among the sections, there are penalties that include five to ten years in prison for a person found without a passport; a person with a fake passport, etc. There are also punishments for anyone who does not report a lost passport within 24 hours.

The passport includes a photograph of the passport holder - an elderly Jewess.


[4] leaves, 15 cm.

Fine condition. Minimal stains. Detached leaves. Wear to the spine.