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Actions Displays	Certificate of registration Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM1991/020:001 TitleCertificate of registration DescriptionCertificate of Registration issued to Nelly Pich by the Department of Immigration, Sydney, 11 November 1948. It indicates Nelly Pich, born Germany 23 September 1887 as nationality German, records her occupation as "Home duties" and indicates that she arrived on the Derna on 5 November 1948. The following pages are arranged as a table for recording change of address. Two such changes are recorded: North Ryde and Double Bay. Part of a collection of identity documents (Kennkarte), Victim of Fascism ID cards, passports and registration certificates belonging to Nelly and Hermann Pich, donated by Ilsa Ryner (daughter). Hermann Pich was born in Germany in 1885; he was the only survivor of 11 children in the family. He died in Australia in May 1956. Nelly Pich was born in Germany on 23 September 1887; she died in Australia in 1985. Hermann had a visa to come to Australia before the war, but as Germans, they felt German, and didn't believe that anything would happen to them. Hermann had fought for Germany in WWI and had received the Iron Cross for bravery. Like other prominent German Jews, Hermann and Nelly were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto. Hermann’s legs were paralysed from having been treated brutally in Theresienstadt. After the war, both were recognised as having been the victims of Fascism. Hermann and Nelly made plans to come to Australia, arriving on the Derna of 5 November 1948. Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia Production date 1948-11-11 SubjectHolocaust, immigration Object nameimmigration documents Dimensions whole width: 93.00 mm height: 128.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ilse Ryner

Object numberM1991/020:001

TitleCertificate of registration

DescriptionCertificate of Registration issued to Nelly Pich by the Department of Immigration, Sydney, 11 November 1948. It indicates Nelly Pich, born Germany 23 September 1887 as nationality German, records her occupation as "Home duties" and indicates that she arrived on the Derna on 5 November 1948. The following pages are arranged as a table for recording change of address. Two such changes are recorded: North Ryde and Double Bay.

Part of a collection of identity documents (Kennkarte), Victim of Fascism ID cards, passports and registration certificates belonging to Nelly and Hermann Pich, donated by Ilsa Ryner (daughter).

Hermann Pich was born in Germany in 1885; he was the only survivor of 11 children in the family. He died in Australia in May 1956. Nelly Pich was born in Germany on 23 September 1887; she died in Australia in 1985. Hermann had a visa to come to Australia before the war, but as Germans, they felt German, and didn't believe that anything would happen to them. Hermann had fought for Germany in WWI and had received the Iron Cross for bravery. Like other prominent German Jews, Hermann and Nelly were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto. Hermann’s legs were paralysed from having been treated brutally in Theresienstadt. After the war, both were recognised as having been the victims of Fascism. Hermann and Nelly made plans to come to Australia, arriving on the Derna of 5 November 1948.

Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia

Production date 1948-11-11

SubjectHolocaust, immigration

Object nameimmigration documents

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ilse Ryner

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