Object numberM1993/005:001
CreatorRomanian Government
DescriptionIdentity card for Herman Finger, issued 11 August 1947 by the Romanian Government, to people who had been in the camps. The card indicates Herman was incarcerated in “Tibolovca”, Tsibolovke camp in Transnistria.
Herman was born in Cernauti (Bukovina), Romania in 1888, a town with approximately 60,000 Jews before World War II, of which approximately 5000 survived. Herman was a tailor. He and his wife Frantiska (Fani/Fanny nee Sperlingova) had a civil marriage ceremony on the 28 September 1917 (refer to object M1993/005:002).
Herman, his wife and their four sons, Adolf, Sol (later Salo), Benno and David were forced to relocate to the Cernauti ghetto.
When Herman Finger and his family were deported to the concentration camps all their papers were confiscated. When they returned home to Cernauti in 1944, an association (the Asociatia Fostilor Deportati in Transnistria) was formed for the survivors. It was through this association that these identity cards were issued to survivors such as Herman. The card lists details such as: the name of the card holder, their occupation, where they were deported to, their place of residence, and the date of liberation.
Herman and Frantiska migrated to Australia in 1949. Herman and Benno bought a dry-cleaning/tailor shop together but his father died three weeks later from cancer. Frantiska died from illness a year after.
This identity card is part of a collection of certificates, glasses, dentures and other memorabilia belonging to Herman Finger, donated by his son Benno in 1993.
When Herman Finger and his family were deported to the concentration camps all their papers were confiscated. When they returned home an association (the Asociatia Fostilor Deportati in Transnistria) was formed for the survivors. It was through this association that these identity cards were issued to the survivors. On the card is listed details such as the name of the card holder, their occupation, where they were deported to, their place of residence, and date of liberation.
Herman was born in Cernauti (Bukovina), Romania in 1888, a town with approximately 60,000 Jews before World War II, of which approximately 5000 survived. Herman was a tailor. He and his wife Frantiska (Fani/Fanny nee Sperlingova) had a civil marriage ceremony on the 28 September 1917 (refer to object M1993/005:002).
Herman, his wife and their four sons, Adolf, Sol (later Salo), Benno and David were forced to relocate to the Cernauti ghetto.
When Herman Finger and his family were deported to the concentration camps all their papers were confiscated. When they returned home to Cernauti in 1944, an association (the Asociatia Fostilor Deportati in Transnistria) was formed for the survivors. It was through this association that these identity cards were issued to survivors such as Herman. The card lists details such as: the name of the card holder, their occupation, where they were deported to, their place of residence, and the date of liberation.
Herman and Frantiska migrated to Australia in 1949. Herman and Benno bought a dry-cleaning/tailor shop together but his father died three weeks later from cancer. Frantiska died from illness a year after.
This identity card is part of a collection of certificates, glasses, dentures and other memorabilia belonging to Herman Finger, donated by his son Benno in 1993.
When Herman Finger and his family were deported to the concentration camps all their papers were confiscated. When they returned home an association (the Asociatia Fostilor Deportati in Transnistria) was formed for the survivors. It was through this association that these identity cards were issued to the survivors. On the card is listed details such as the name of the card holder, their occupation, where they were deported to, their place of residence, and date of liberation.
Production date 1947-08-11
Subjecttransit camps
Object nameidentity cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 160.00 mm
height: 105.00 mm
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. Benno Finger