Object numberM2012/010:013
DescriptionA photo identity card issued to Josef Lichtenstern, Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, circa 1941.
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 Josef Lichtenstern in a role of Arbeitertransporte (Work transport) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (23.X11.1915, in Mahrisch Ostrau), family status (single) and a current address in Prague (Prag XII, Ondrícekgasse 26). It is unknown whether Josef Lichtenstern 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 Josef Lichtenstern in a role of Arbeitertransporte (Work transport) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (23.X11.1915, in Mahrisch Ostrau), family status (single) and a current address in Prague (Prag XII, Ondrícekgasse 26). It is unknown whether Josef Lichtenstern 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.
Object nameidentity cards
Dimensions
- width: 92.00 mm
height: 92.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eva Gertler