Summary
Temporary Travel Document issued to Antoni Kozuch by the Military Government for Germany in Stuttgart, Germany. This document was authorized within the US administered German zone, and enabled movement in lieu of a passport. It served as Antoni's identification document when he migrated to Australia on 30 March 1949. It includes stamped visas for Stuttgart, Naples and Melbourne.
Antoni Kozuch was born in Zobno in Poland in 1906. He was a soldier during the war and captured and interred in Germany until liberated at the end of the war. He met Zofia Antoniszyn and her son Stefan in a Displaced Persons Camp near Stuttgart following World War II. In 1949 Antoni migrated to Australia, where he worked for the Victorian Railways as a 'podder' until he retired. He met Zofia again in the mid 1950s at the Polish Club in Elizabeth Street Melbourne. They married and had a son Mark.
Physical Description
24 page booklet with cover and pages for Description of permit holder, photograph and visas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Stefan Anthony, 11 Mar 2004
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Text: MILITARY GOVERNMENT FOR GERMANY/Temporary Travel Document/in lieu of passport/for stateless persons/and persons of undetermined nationality.
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Overall Dimensions
14.5 cm (Length), 10.8 cm (Width)
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Keywords
Cultural Identity, Displaced Persons, Identifications, Immigration, Polish Communities, Polish Immigration