Collection

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Description Level

Item

Material Type

textual record

Physical Description

Death Certificate : Paper : Printed, Typed : Ink; Graphite pencil : Beige, Black, Red ; Ht: 11 1/2 in. x W: 8 in.

Other Title Information

Documentary Artifact

Date

April 28, 1947

Physical Condition

fragile

Language

Dutch

Notes

1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally and once vertically. 1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. 2 vertical holes punched on left side. Illegible handwritten text in pencil in bottom left corner. Printed on letterhead with Red Cross insignia at top left. Document dated April 28, 1947 from the Dutch Red Cross attesting that Ida Hasfeld-Wilk was deported from Westerbork to Sobibór on July 6, 1943. Since no news was heard from her since, the official conclusion is that she was gassed on or around July 9, 1943. Information was based on the testimonies of 3 individuals living in the Netherlands who had survived deportation to Sobibór. Narrative: Ida Hasfeld-Wilk was married to Mozes Jakob Hasfeld, the maternal uncle of the donor, Beatrice Barzilai (Karasin). She was born in the Hague, the Netherlands on November 29, 1914. The couple married on November 12, 1941.

Accession No.

1996.27.07

Name Access

Barzilai (Karasin), Beatrice

Places

The Hague, Netherlands, Europe

Archival / Genealogical

Archival Descriptions

Repository

Montreal Holocaust Museum

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