German passport issued to Sophie Hirsch
Номер объектаM2021/029:001
НазваниеGerman passport issued to Sophie Hirsch
ОписаниеGerman passport nr. 50 issued to Sophie Hirsch (nee. Steinfels) on 10 August 1938.
A stamp indicates that Sophie travelled via Marseille, France on 13 September 1938. It also contains a visa No 9948 for Palestine dated 9 September 1938 which was granted at Brussels and valid until 30 September 1938. It subsequently contains a permit to permanently remain in Palestine as an immigrant dated 19 September 1938.
Notably, this passport does not contain a red "J", nor the name "Sarah". Passports held by Jewish women were declared invalid without these marks after 8 October 1938.
Sophie was born in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany on 2 December 1883 to
Meyer and Marta Steinfels (nee. Stern). She married Wilhelm Hirsch on 13 May 1914. Their daughter, Rosa Steil (nee. Hirsch), was born on 21 March 1915 and their son, Max, was born on 7 February 1921.
The family escaped from Germany to Tel Aviv, Palestine in 1938 where Max, served with the British Army during World War II.
Wilhelm and Sophie fled Tel Aviv following the outbreak of war in Palestine, arriving in Sydney on aircraft VH-EAE on 21 November 1950.
Sophie died aged 75 in Sydney on 3 August 1959.
A stamp indicates that Sophie travelled via Marseille, France on 13 September 1938. It also contains a visa No 9948 for Palestine dated 9 September 1938 which was granted at Brussels and valid until 30 September 1938. It subsequently contains a permit to permanently remain in Palestine as an immigrant dated 19 September 1938.
Notably, this passport does not contain a red "J", nor the name "Sarah". Passports held by Jewish women were declared invalid without these marks after 8 October 1938.
Sophie was born in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany on 2 December 1883 to
Meyer and Marta Steinfels (nee. Stern). She married Wilhelm Hirsch on 13 May 1914. Their daughter, Rosa Steil (nee. Hirsch), was born on 21 March 1915 and their son, Max, was born on 7 February 1921.
The family escaped from Germany to Tel Aviv, Palestine in 1938 where Max, served with the British Army during World War II.
Wilhelm and Sophie fled Tel Aviv following the outbreak of war in Palestine, arriving in Sydney on aircraft VH-EAE on 21 November 1950.
Sophie died aged 75 in Sydney on 3 August 1959.
Место изготовленияGermany
Дата 1938-08-10
Темаescape, immigration, survival, passports, visa
Наименованиеpassports
Техникаstamped, bolted, handwritten
Размерность
- width: 110.00 mm
width: 220.00 mm
height: 161.00 mm
Язык
- German
English
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, donated by Edna and Ronald Cox. This collection is donated in memory the family Stiel.
In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.