26 identity cards, certificates and documents, printed and filled-in by hand, which had belonged to Jews in the DP camps in Europe after the Holocaust. Austria, Germany and France, 1945-1948. English, German, French, Russian and other languages.
Appearing on many of the certificates and documents are stamps of aid organizations, pictures of the survivors and information about their situation and past (age, country of origin, marital status, the camps to which they were sent during the war, and more). Among the items: • A temporary identity card for ex-prisoners of the Mauthhausen concentration camp. Issued in the city of Linz in 1945. • Temporary Registration document issued by the Military Government for Germany to a Jewish resident of Munich (printed on verso of a war-time map, due to lack of paper). 1945. • Special identity card (Sonderausweis) issued to victims of political persecution, entitling its owner to receive food and housing assistance. Herne (Germany), 1947. • Certificate issued by the American military government at the Deggendorf DP camp. Indicating its owner was a prisoner at the Gross-Rosen and Auschwitz camps. 1946. • Identity card issued by the UNRRA office at the Zeilsheim (Germany) DP camp. 1946. • And more.
A total of 26 items. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.