Tauber Holocaust Library
Guide to Susan Solomon Wertheimer identity card
1988.1094
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Tauber Holocaust Library
- Creator
- Westheimer , Susan Solomon
- Title
- Susan Solomon Westheimer identification card
- ID
- 1988.1094
- Date
- 1938 January 11
- Extent
- 1.0 Folder(s)
- Language
- German
- Mixed materials [Folder]
- Archives Box 2
- Abstract
- The collection is comprised of a Kennkarte (identification card), issued in Berlin, Germany to Susan Solomon, dated January 11, 1939.
Preferred Citation note
Susan Solomon Westheimer identification card – 1988.1094, Tauber Holocaust Library – JFCS Holocaust Center, San Francisco, California
Biographical/Historical note
Laws in Nazi Germany institutionalized anti-Semitism. Beginning in 1933, Nazi Germany began a program of legislation meant to curtain the rights of its Jewish citizens. In September 1935, the infamous Nuremberg Laws excluded German Jews from citizenship and forbade marriage between Jews and non-Jews. In August 1938, German authorities decreed that by January 1, 1939, Jewish men and women bearing first names of “non-Jewish” origin had to add “Israel” and “Sara,” respectively, to their given names. All Jews were obliged to carry identity cards that indicated their Jewish heritage.
Scope and Contents note
This collection is comprised of a single item — a Kennkarte (Identity card) issued to Susan Solomon in Berlin on January 11, 1939. The card includes a photo, fingerprint stamps and official Nazi stamps.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Tauber Holocaust Library
JFCS Holocaust Center2245 Post Street
San Francisco, CA, 94115
415-449-3717
[email protected]
Conditions Governing Access note
There are no restrictions to access to this collection.
Conditions Governing Use note
There are no restrictions to use for this collection.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Identity cards — Germany — Berlin
Subject(s)
- Jewish women — Germany — Berlin