InventarnummerM2012/010:009
BeschreibungA photo identity card issued to Heinz Schuster, 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 Heinz Schuster in a role of the Arbeitsamt (Office for work) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (25.1.1915, in Brunn), family status (married) and a current address in Prague (Prague XI., Tomekgasse 8,). It is unknown whether Heinz Schuster 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 Heinz Schuster in a role of the Arbeitsamt (Office for work) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (25.1.1915, in Brunn), family status (married) and a current address in Prague (Prague XI., Tomekgasse 8,). It is unknown whether Heinz Schuster 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.
Datum 1940 - 1941
SchlagwortJewish Self-Administration, Judenrat, Council of Elders
Objektbezeichnungidentity cards
Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper, paper
Format
- width: 91.00 mm
height: 92.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eva Gertler