Passport
In the 18th century, soldiers received a passport , also known as a routing slip , when they were discharged from the military. The passport served as proof that the owner was not a deserter .
In the 18th and 19th centuries, prisoners of war were also given passports, also known as home passes , who, after disarming the promise not to fight any longer in this campaign, were allowed to travel to their hometowns on a specific route in order to await further developments there . With such passports z. For example, the Prussian General Moritz von Hirschfeld identified members of the Baden Revolutionary Army who, following an appeal by the Grand Duke , had voluntarily surrendered to the Prussian troops during the occupation of Freiburg im Breisgau .
Passports were also given to deserters or displaced persons from the opposing side who z. B. after the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig reported to the Prussian stiff corps as prisoners. Their weapons were destroyed and the route prescribed in the passport always ended in the nearest locations of the allied armies, where they had to report in order to go into captivity.
The saying “dump someone” comes from this time and means “dismiss someone” or “send someone away”; The phrase is often also used to end relationships ("Susi gave Thomas the pass") or to terminate employment ("Club XY gave trainer Z the pass").
source
- Lutz Röhrich : Lexicon of proverbial sayings. 5 volumes. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau et al. 1994, ISBN 3-451-04400-5 , ( Herder Spectrum 4400), Vol. 3: Homer - Benefit , p. 935.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Blos : The German Revolution . JHW Dietz, Stuttgart 1893, p. 590
- ↑ This type of routing slip was described by the Streifkorpführer Heinrich von Holleben in Albert Hermann Ludwig von Holleben: From the papers left by the General of the Infantry v. Holleben . Mittler, Berlin 1867, p. 93
