Travel Document Issued to Marx on His Expulsion from Belgium

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Author(s) Karl Marx
Written January 1848


First published as a facsimile in the book: S. Z. Leviova, Marx in the German Revolution, 1848-49. Moscow, 1970
Printed from the original
Translated from the French
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 6
Keywords : Belgium, Repression
Ministry of Justice

Administration of Prisons

and Public Security

2nd section

2nd Bureau

No. 73946

TRAVEL DOCUMENT

(Law of May 30-June 13, 1790, Decree of May 11, 1815)[1]

DESCRIPTION THE ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC SECURITY
AGE 28 years[2] invites the civil and military authorities to allow free passage from Brussels to Quiévrain destination France to M. Marx, Charles

Profession Doctor of Philosophy born at Trier, Prussia residing at—and to give him aid and protection in case of need.

The present travel document is valid for exit from the Kingdom today.

HEIGH T 1 METRE ... centimetres
HAIR Black
FOREHEAD Average
EYEBROWS Black
EYES Brown
NOSE Average
MOUTH do.
BEARD Black
SIDE WHISKERS Black
MOUSTACHE Black
CHIN Round
FACE do.
COMPLEXION Tanned
BUILT Heavy
DISTINGUISHING MARKS

Done at Brussels, March 4, 1848

For THE ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC SECURITY

The Head of the Passport Office

Becquet


Signature of bearer Dr. K.Marx[3]

  1. ↑ This is followed by the Belgian national coat of arms.— Ed
  2. ↑ Inaccurate: Marx was born in 1818.— Ed.
  3. ↑ Signature in Marx's hand.— Ed.
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