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Permis de Conduire les Automobiles
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2007/076:009
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Permis de Conduire les Automobiles
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]French driver's license (printed on pink card) issued to Joseph Katz on 21-12-1939 Number 3465m. Before the war Joseph earned a living as a truck driver and mechanic and at the end of 1939 he volunteered with the French army as a driver/mechanic. In 1942 Joseph was approached to do some driving for the local Marquis. In August 1942 Joseph was driving on one of such mission with a truck loaded with cauliflowers but hidden underneath were guns and ammunitions. He was stopped by a patrol and shot in the left leg while trying to escape. He was interrogated and deported to concentration camps.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]France
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1939-12-21
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]resistance
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]driver's licences
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]paper
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 123.00 mm
height: 82.00 mm
[nb-NO]Language[nb-NO]
- French
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Alice Katz