Jewish passport from the "Voyage of the Damned" - of the MS St. Louis. 1939. Historic testimony

Jewish passport from the "Voyage of the Damned" - of the MS St. Louis. 1939. Historic testimony
German passport from the Nazi era, marked "J" and bearing the additional Jewish name "Israel" in accordance with the anti-Semitic laws. Historic testimony to the famed Voyage of the Damned of the MS St. Louis that tried to find refuge for its Jewish passengers but was returned to Europe in 1939. 
[1] passport, original picture, handwritten text, stamp and seal of the Reich, German, exit visa from Germany and entrance into Holland and Chile. With a "J" and the added name "Israel."
Passport of Ernst Boas Phillipi, born in Berlin in 1889. The passport was issued in Berlin on January 21, 1939. Exit permit from Germany dated May 10, 1939, exit from Hamburg on the May 13, 1939. Permit to enter Holland from the St. Louis on June 16, 1939. Visa from the Chilean consul in Rotterdam on September 15, 1939. Entry to Chile on November 30, 1939.
After Kristallnacht in Novemember 1938, many German Jews frantically tried to leave the country. 939 refugees, most upper-class citizens, paid a fortune to buy tickets and visas to board the St. Louis and journey to Cuba. The ship later earned the title "Voyage of the Damned" because of the terrible travails its passengers underwent when they were refused entry in safe countries. The captain, Gustav Schröder, was an anti-Nazi German dedicated to helping his passengers. When the ship reached Cuba, the passengers were informed that the country had cancelled their entry visas. After unsuccessful negotiations with the JDC and President Roosevelt, the ship was returned to European shores. The captain refused to return to Germany, and an arrangement was made to scatter the passengers between France, Belgium, England, and Holland. It is estimated that about 254 of these passengers then died in the Holocaust.The bearer of this passport, his wife, and his two sons, who traveled on this journey to Cuba, the United States, and then back to Europe, were among the 181 passengers who received permission to disembark in Holland. According to the archives of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, the husband Ernst was sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1938, before his journey on the St. Louis. He and his family survived the war. Due to the high percentage of passengers who died in the Holocaust, historic testimony of this journey is very rare.
The passport is in very fine condition except for reinforcements on the spine.