OFFICIAL COPIES OF RAOUL WALLENBERG SCHUTZ-PASS AND YELLOW STAR EXEMPTION
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A superb period photographic copy of a Hungarian 'Schutz-Pass' or travel document issued by the Swedish embassy in Budapest that acted as a passport initialed by Raoul Wallenberg (1912 - disappeared 17 January 1945), Swedish businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian who saved tens of thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary from German Nazis and Hungarian Fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg sheltered Jews in buildings designated as Swedish territory and wrote thousands of passes to get them out of Hungary. The document is 1p. legal folio, Budapest, August 26, 1944, issued to Dr. Andreas Glucksthal, a Hungarian Jew, stating that he is authorized to travel to Sweden and is under the protection of their government, with Wallenberg's photocopied initials 'W.R.' in the bottom left. The top is stamped with the Hungarian word 'Masolat' ('Copy'), and the bottom 'Hitelesites A Tuloldalun' ('Authenticated on the face'). The verso is notarized by a Hungarian notary, bearing an original certification stamp indicating the signatory has seen the original document and is signing an accurate facsimile copy. Accompanied by another related photocopied document, 1p. 4to., Budapest, August 27, 1944, written by a secretary at the Swedish embassy requesting that Dr. Gluckstahl be exempted from wearing a yellow star in transit, bearing the same copy stamps, verso certification stamp, and Wallenberg's facsimile initials. Matted and framed. Very fine condition. These are authentic contemporary copies with original and contemporary manuscript and handstamps, thus provides an affordable opportunity to own a Schutzpass at a fraction of the normal $10,000-20,000 original. These lifesaving documents granted escape from otherwise certain death for countless Jews, and were paid for dearly with the life of one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century.
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OFFICIAL COPIES OF RAOUL WALLENBERG SCHUTZ-PASS AND YELLOW STAR EXEMPTION
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