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Object numberM2008/028:026

TitleRepublique Francaise Carte D'Identite D'Etranger

DescriptionIdentity Card for Industrial Travelers in France, No. 42-HM65656, for Alfred Hofbauer with his b/w photographgraph (profile angle) and signature. Issued by the Police Department for Foreigners, France, it identifies A. Hofbauer as "representative" (commercial) valid from 14 March 1946 to 13 March 1949. Booklet unfolds to 10 pages. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946.

Production placeFrance

Production date 1946

Subjectidentity cards, refugees, post World War II, Post-War Life, employment

Object nameidentity cards

Materialpaper, ink, metal, photographic emulsion, paper, paper

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2016

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