Zionist Federation of Australia and New Zealand membership card
Object numberM2021/048:003
TitleZionist Federation of Australia and New Zealand membership card
DescriptionZionist Federation of Australia and New Zealand (Z.F.A.N.Z) membership card, No. 3693. Issued to Mrs G. Rose for the 1970-71 period. Small white card, folded into a booklet. Navy blue printing, featuring the Z.F.A.N.Z emblem. The reverse features the signature of the President.
A collection of items related to Gertrude Rosenbaum (later known as Gertrude Rose), a Viennese Jew who escaped to England in 1939. After the war she emigrated to Australia, meeting a friend of the donor's aunt on the journey, subsequently becoming close friends with the her family.
These items join an initial donation that belonged to or concerned Gertrude's husband, Leo Rosenbaum, who died on 2 January 1939, age 46 in Dachau concentration camp. These include letters written by Leo to Gertrude and several Red Cross messages to and from Gertrude in Cambridge to her mother Ida Deutsch, her sister Valerie (Vally) Darebnik, Rudi (presumably her brother), and Quicki (relationship unknown) in Vienna spanning the years 1939 to 1943. There are also Red Cross communications between Leo Rosenbaum and his father Adolf in Vienna during his military service in WWI.
Gertrude was born in Vienna, Austria on 10 July 1896. She never remarried or had children, and died on 10 April 1971 of Acute Mykloid Leukemia in Sydney, Australia. Gertrude donated her body to the School of Anatomy at the University of New South Wales.
A collection of items related to Gertrude Rosenbaum (later known as Gertrude Rose), a Viennese Jew who escaped to England in 1939. After the war she emigrated to Australia, meeting a friend of the donor's aunt on the journey, subsequently becoming close friends with the her family.
These items join an initial donation that belonged to or concerned Gertrude's husband, Leo Rosenbaum, who died on 2 January 1939, age 46 in Dachau concentration camp. These include letters written by Leo to Gertrude and several Red Cross messages to and from Gertrude in Cambridge to her mother Ida Deutsch, her sister Valerie (Vally) Darebnik, Rudi (presumably her brother), and Quicki (relationship unknown) in Vienna spanning the years 1939 to 1943. There are also Red Cross communications between Leo Rosenbaum and his father Adolf in Vienna during his military service in WWI.
Gertrude was born in Vienna, Austria on 10 July 1896. She never remarried or had children, and died on 10 April 1971 of Acute Mykloid Leukemia in Sydney, Australia. Gertrude donated her body to the School of Anatomy at the University of New South Wales.
Production placeDarlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 1971
Object namemembership documents
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 136.00 mm
height: 104.00
Language
- English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Patricia Bull