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Numero oggettoM2012/010:007
DescrizioneA photo identity card issued to Dr. Franz Sander, 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 Dr. Franz Sander, Department for converted or Christian Jews, ( translation -
Konrad Kwiet's explanation: Nicht-Mosaische Juden =-Jews who left the (religious) Jewish community or converted) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (5.1.1894, in Deutsch Brod ), family status (married with 2 children) and a current address in Prague (Prag V111, Stranskystrasse 12). It is unknown whether Dr Franz Sander 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, document 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. Franz Sander, Department for converted or Christian Jews, ( translation -
Konrad Kwiet's explanation: Nicht-Mosaische Juden =-Jews who left the (religious) Jewish community or converted) and gives personal information in German such as date and place of birth (5.1.1894, in Deutsch Brod ), family status (married with 2 children) and a current address in Prague (Prag V111, Stranskystrasse 12). It is unknown whether Dr Franz Sander 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, document 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.
Data 1940 - 1941
Nome oggettoidentity cards
Materialephotographic emulsion, paper, paper, paper
Dimensioni
- width: 91.00 mm
height: 93.00 mm
Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Eva Gertler