Collection

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level

Item

Material Type

textual record

Physical Description

Identification card : Paper : Printed, , Typed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, Blue, Green ; Ht: 4 in. x W: 6,5 in.

Other Title Information

Documentary Artifact

Date

[Later than 1942-07-11]

Physical Condition

Poor

Language

German

Notes

1 page, double-sided. Folded once vertically. Document is a work permit from the Lodz ghetto, issued to Estera Hajszeryk. Small b&w photograph of card holder affixed with two metal grommets on top left corner, with signature underneath. Permit is numbered 36146, indicates the subject's birthday, address and profession. She was employed as a housekeeper in the ghetto's economic department. On verso, form on left side attests that she studied to be a masseuse, is female and had been working since November 7, 1942. Printed on verso are directives on the procedure for replacing lost cards and warnings against altering the document. Narrative: Estera Hajszeryk was the sister of the donor. She was killed during the Holocaust. This document was given by her husband to her brother after the war.

Accession No.

2011X.369.13

Name Access

Zolna, Joel

Places

Lodz (Litzmannstadt), Poland, Europe

Archival / Genealogical

Archival Descriptions

Repository

Montreal Holocaust Museum

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