Report card : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Green, Black, Grey ; Ht: 13 1/4 in. x W: 8 1/4 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
February 10, 1917
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. Pale green background with large coat of arms, beige border. Document is a report card issued to Salomon Heiss for the first half of the 1916/1917 school year. He attended a public boys' school in Vienna. Personal information at top of page, followed by printed list of subjects with handwritten grades for each. Grading legend at bottom. Narrative: Salomon Heiss was the father of the donor, Erika Bloom. The Heiss family fled Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1938, after Salomon was arrested and detained in Dachau for 3 days. They survived the war in Shanghai, immigrated to Israel in 1949, and eventually settled in Montreal.