Reisepass maked "J" -

[pitfighter]

Hi Guys,

I collect firearms and field gear - this is not in my wheel house.
It was within a small document lot I have had some time.
I posted pictures on an FB collecting forum and had a number of offers to buy.
I looked on line and found wildly different values listed for "J" marked passports -
What is the opinion on this one, price-wise - ?
(BTW If anyone is actually related to Schlesinger, I will send it free of charge to them.)

What I could determine from the stamps:
Not terribly exciting now, but representative of quite a story at one time.
This ReisePass (German passport) belonged to Fritz Schlesinger.
Fritz was Jewish so his passport is stamped with a red J (stamp is dated 2/8/39) -
Fritz was born in 1921 so he was 18 or so when he used this passport in 1939.
I think Fritz may have been able avoid the fate of so many innocents, as he was able to obtain a UK visa in Berlin (Aug 7 1939), and then arrived in Harwich Aug 28 1939) -
Just an old passport now - but someone's dramatic experience at one time - Fritz travelled alone, so who knows whether he left family in Berlin, or not. Regardless it must have been a memory to have traveled out of Berlin at that time - just under the wire.

[macapple]

I would say a fair offer on the reisepass is 400 to 500.... Ive sold 3 or 4 of them in the past 3 years.... Good luck!!!

[pitfighter]

Thank you, Macapple - this one may get donated - my karma could use some credit

[MAP]

This gentleman was extremely lucky to get out a little over a month before the start of the war.

[macapple]

Thank you, Macapple - this one may get donated - my karma could use some credit

Awesome to hear you are going to donate it!!! I rescued a Auschwitz inmate photo just to donate it... The guy in the photo was a Jehova's Witness , and turns out the USHHM has very little material from Jehova's Witness.. I plan on donating it in person soon once I visit the museum in October.

[FALLSCHIRMJAGER]

Hi, a very rarely seen item, I hope it goes to a good home. Leon.