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Two German passport pages, one next to the other. The top passport page has several boxes of completed information on the left side with a large J overtop. The right side of the top passport page has a photograph of a woman with light skin tone and dark hair up in a bun wearing a dark blouse. Two fingerprints sit to the right of the photo. The bottom passport page has an identical structure with a different photograph. The bottom page includes a photograph of a man with light skin tone and short dark hair wearing a dark suit and tie instead.
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Passports issued to a German Jewish couple

Passports issued to a German Jewish couple, with "J" for Jude (the German word for Jew) stamped on the cards. Karlsruhe, Germany, December 29, 1938.

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