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Immigration passport for a Jewish man and his wife who immigrated from Romania to Palestine during the Second World War - Life-saving “Immigration Passport” (Pasport de Emigrare) issued in 1937 by the Romanian Ministry of the Interior to a Romanian citizen named Blumen David and his wife, featuring a joint passport photograph of the couple. Issued on February 8, 1937, the passport documents the couple’s escape route from Romania to the Land of Israel during World War II, in the spring of 1941- shortly before Romania became an ally of Nazi Germany and the persecution of Jews began intensifying in the country.  Passport No. 83947, issued by the Kingdom of Romania (REGATUL ROMÂNIEI). According to David’s personal details, he was born in 1900 in Podobești, Vrancea County (Romania), where he resided at the outbreak of the war. His travel destination was Palestine, via the port city of Constanța. A stamp from the British Passport Control – Bucharest, dated February 12, 1941, confirms that the passport was approved for travel to Palestine. Further along the route, a Turkish transit visa was issued in Bucharest on March 15, 1941. Turkish entry and exit stamps show the journey through Istanbul, with departure near the Syrian-Lebanese border on March 20, 1941. A departure stamp from Naqoura (NAKOURA), southern Lebanon, dated March 22, 1941 (SORTIE), indicates that the couple continued southward to Palestine or Syria.  Additionally, a French consular visa appears, issued in Bucharest, valid from March 28, 1941. It was likely a general transit visa for passage through a French-controlled area (Lebanon or Syria), as France at the time was under Vichy rule. Finally, the passport includes an entry approval to Palestine by the Palestine Immigration Department, dated March 23, 1941—just days after passing through Turkey, marking their arrival in the Land of Israel via the northern border. 31 pages. Stains on the cover. Good condition.