German Third Reich Reisepass Passport Booklet

A Deutsches Reich Reisepass (passport booklet) with a card cover printed with the national eagle and swastika emblem above the title "REISEPASS." The interior pages carry a photograph of a female holder identified by the personal description section, including birthplace listed as Rothenburg, birthdate 4 July 1907, and residence Schwerin, Mecklenburg. Official stamps of the Ortspolizeibehoerde Schwerin are struck across the photograph and accompanying entries, dated 8 June 1939, with an accompanying signature. Personal description fields record occupation as "Ehefrau, " build, face shape, eye color, and hair color, along with a section for children.

This Reisepass reflects the standard German passport format issued under the Third Reich for civilian foreign travel, bearing the state eagle and swastika as required from 1935 onward following the Nuremberg Laws' reorganisation of civil documentation. Issued through the local police authority (Ortspolizeibehoerde) in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, such documents were essential for crossing borders in the tense pre-war period of 1939, with holders' personal and physical details recorded for identification purposes typical of the era's bureaucratic control over movement. The designation "Ehefrau" (wife) reflects standard practice of recording married women's status relative to their husbands on official papers of the period.