Номер объектаM2012/010:002
ОписаниеA photo identity card issued to Dr. Karl alter, circa 1940.
One of the first Czech Jewish self-administrations was established in Prague in Autumn 1941, under the Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich. This type of cardboard cut-out wallet sized card was standard issue to the organization's members.
The card shows Dr Karl Alter in the role of Provinzref - District Officer ( translation - to be confirmed) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (18.7.1895 in Luze), family status (married with 2 children) and a current address in Prague (Brandeis A.E.41). It is unknown whether Dr Karl Alter brought the card with him to Terezin from Prague.
Identity cards were thought to be part of a chart containing a number of original identity cards of department heads and community leaders. This card and the entire collection of 29 similar cards in SJM documents first hand, the Nazi bureaucratic apparatus and its work. By order of SS Officer, Hans Gunther, head of the Prague Central office for Jewish Emigration, it was thought to be first displayed at the Prague Jewish Community offices.
The identity cards were brought to Australia in 1948 by Moric Kohn.
One of the first Czech Jewish self-administrations was established in Prague in Autumn 1941, under the Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich. This type of cardboard cut-out wallet sized card was standard issue to the organization's members.
The card shows Dr Karl Alter in the role of Provinzref - District Officer ( translation - to be confirmed) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (18.7.1895 in Luze), family status (married with 2 children) and a current address in Prague (Brandeis A.E.41). It is unknown whether Dr Karl Alter brought the card with him to Terezin from Prague.
Identity cards were thought to be part of a chart containing a number of original identity cards of department heads and community leaders. This card and the entire collection of 29 similar cards in SJM documents first hand, the Nazi bureaucratic apparatus and its work. By order of SS Officer, Hans Gunther, head of the Prague Central office for Jewish Emigration, it was thought to be first displayed at the Prague Jewish Community offices.
The identity cards were brought to Australia in 1948 by Moric Kohn.
Дата 1940 - 1941
Наименованиеidentity cards
Материалpaper, photographic emulsion, paper, paper
Размерность
- width: 125.00 mm
height: 52.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eva Gertler