Object numberM2012/010:139
DescriptionIdentity card with ID photograph for Grete Kohn, Theresienstadt, 1944.
Part of a large collection of archival material donated by Eva Gertler, assembled by her father, Moric (Moci) Kohn during the war, in particular during his imprisonment in Terezin.
Moric (Moci) Kohn was born 28 July 1903 in Bratislava. He trained as a book-keeper and was a gymnast representing Czechoslovakia in the Maccabi Games. He came from an observant Jewish family, the youngest of 11 children, 7 of whom lived to adulthood. He moved to Prague during the 1930's where he was involved with the Jewish community, working under Dr Adolf Benes in the Emigration section of the Jewish self-administration established during the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. Moric accompanied a group making aliya during this period, but returned to Prague to be with Greta Pick (his future wife).
They were married in late 1941 and deported together on 30 July 1942 from Prague to Terezin. In Terezin, Moric worked in the post department, collecting parcels and mail from Bauschowitz (Bohusovice) railway station outside Terezin and delivering them to the inmates. He was deported to Auschwitz on 28 October 1944 and liberated from Blechhammer. Moric returned to Prague where he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Eva, their daughter, was amongst the first children born in Prague (1946) after the Shoah to a couple who had survived in concentration camps. After the Communists came to power in Czechoslovakia, all those working for American organisations were alerted to leave hurriedly. The Kohn family arrived in Sydney in early 1948.
Part of a large collection of archival material donated by Eva Gertler, assembled by her father, Moric (Moci) Kohn during the war, in particular during his imprisonment in Terezin.
Moric (Moci) Kohn was born 28 July 1903 in Bratislava. He trained as a book-keeper and was a gymnast representing Czechoslovakia in the Maccabi Games. He came from an observant Jewish family, the youngest of 11 children, 7 of whom lived to adulthood. He moved to Prague during the 1930's where he was involved with the Jewish community, working under Dr Adolf Benes in the Emigration section of the Jewish self-administration established during the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. Moric accompanied a group making aliya during this period, but returned to Prague to be with Greta Pick (his future wife).
They were married in late 1941 and deported together on 30 July 1942 from Prague to Terezin. In Terezin, Moric worked in the post department, collecting parcels and mail from Bauschowitz (Bohusovice) railway station outside Terezin and delivering them to the inmates. He was deported to Auschwitz on 28 October 1944 and liberated from Blechhammer. Moric returned to Prague where he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Eva, their daughter, was amongst the first children born in Prague (1946) after the Shoah to a couple who had survived in concentration camps. After the Communists came to power in Czechoslovakia, all those working for American organisations were alerted to leave hurriedly. The Kohn family arrived in Sydney in early 1948.
Object nameidentity cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 290.00 mm
height: 100.00 mm
Language
- German Identity card divided into 4 segments: Segment 1: Personal description: height; face; hair, teeth,eyes, nose, beard, mouth, other characteristics.
Segment 2 with photograph: Personal signature of identity card holder.
Segment 3: agricultural work (working on the land)
Segment 4: Regulations (listed - needs to be translated)
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eva Gertler