LOT 250:
Passport in German and Yiddish. Lithuania under German Occupation, 1917
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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.