Civil registers, citizenship and addressesRB-SCAN-026

Officials extended Paul’s passport as conditions worsened

This page carries validity extensions and official annotations added to Paul’s passport. Clerks changed the document over time while the family’s position in Germany became more precarious. The entries show administrative action, but they do not by themselves explain each trip or decision.

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SeriesCivil registers, citizenship and addresses

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Extensions Territorial validity of the passport: Germany and [handwritten entry]. The passport becomes invalid on [date] unless extended. Extended until: [official dates and stamps, including July 1939]. Issuing authority: Lord Mayor / local police authority, Halberstadt. The four numbered fields record successive extensions, offices and signatures. Several handwritten dates and signatures are not securely legible in the supplied scan.

English of the legible text, prepared for the Reichenbach Family Archive.

Archive reference
RB-SCAN-026
Date
Not established
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2400 × 1826 pixels
Evidence status
Primary object
Source and provenance
Family-held original passport.
Credit
Reichenbach Family Archive
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Image treatment
2400-pixel web derivative from the preserved high-resolution flatbed scan; rotated 90° clockwise into correct reading orientation; no generative alteration.

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Reichenbach Family Archive. “Officials extended Paul’s passport as conditions worsened.” Undated. RB-SCAN-026. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-scan-026.

Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-scan-026