Номер объектаM1995/021:003
НазваниеDisplaced Persons ID Card
ОписаниеAllied Expeditionary Force D.P. Index card for Karl Weber no. 368200, issued on 31 October 1946. The reverse states, “Keep this card at all times to assist your safe return home. The Registration Number and your name identify you and your Registration Record”. Anna Weber (nee Hirschler), her sister Szusa and Karl Weber (Anna’s future husband), all received the DP in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl met in Bergen-Belsen DP camp in June 1946.
These identity documents were issued to survivors by refugee organisations, Jewish communal organisations and police agencies. The documents assisted survivors to find missing relatives as well as select a desired repatriation destination.
Anna Weber (nee Hirschler) was born 11 January 1928 in the village of Kapolnasnyek near Budapest, Hungary. She lived with her mother Irene, father Sandor and older sister Szusa (Susan). Her father passed away when she was 13 years old in a motorbike accident in 1941. In May 1944, their village was invaded by the German Wehrmacht (army); they were transported to Szekesfehervar ghetto. They worked as forced labourers in the brick factory located in the ghetto. From Szekesfehervar, the three women were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother perished. Anna and her sister spent six weeks in Auschwitz before being transported to Lippstadt. In Lippstadt, the sisters worked in a German ammunitions factory which was responsible for manufacturing V-2 rockets. They were liberated by American Soldiers whilst on a death march from Lippstadt near the town of Kolnitz on 1 April 1945. They were later placed in a DP camp in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl Weber met in Bergen-Belsen in June 1946; they eventually married. Anna, Karl and Szusa immigrated to Australia in 1951. Anna and Karl had two children and ran a business in Sydney. Anna passed away in 2005.
These identity documents were issued to survivors by refugee organisations, Jewish communal organisations and police agencies. The documents assisted survivors to find missing relatives as well as select a desired repatriation destination.
Anna Weber (nee Hirschler) was born 11 January 1928 in the village of Kapolnasnyek near Budapest, Hungary. She lived with her mother Irene, father Sandor and older sister Szusa (Susan). Her father passed away when she was 13 years old in a motorbike accident in 1941. In May 1944, their village was invaded by the German Wehrmacht (army); they were transported to Szekesfehervar ghetto. They worked as forced labourers in the brick factory located in the ghetto. From Szekesfehervar, the three women were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother perished. Anna and her sister spent six weeks in Auschwitz before being transported to Lippstadt. In Lippstadt, the sisters worked in a German ammunitions factory which was responsible for manufacturing V-2 rockets. They were liberated by American Soldiers whilst on a death march from Lippstadt near the town of Kolnitz on 1 April 1945. They were later placed in a DP camp in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl Weber met in Bergen-Belsen in June 1946; they eventually married. Anna, Karl and Szusa immigrated to Australia in 1951. Anna and Karl had two children and ran a business in Sydney. Anna passed away in 2005.
Дата 1946-10-31 - 1946-10-31
Темаsurvivors, displaced persons, liberation, identity cards
Наименованиеidentity cards
Материалpaper
Размерность
- width: 78.00 mm
height: 56.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs. Anna Weber