Tony Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hello,This falls more into the history of post 1945 Germany. Has anyone seen an ID card issued to persecutees on political, racial and religious grounds? What was the reason for it, was the holder handled in a different way than the average Fritz in the street or a PoW who had just returned home after a few years in a British, French, Canadian etc. camp?The card was issued in March 1947 and is numbered 44.Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Interior, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) Interior, please?Ah yes, sorry about that.I'm wondering if the special benefits had something to do with housing or work. Edited April 9, 2007 by Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Thanks! A fascinating piece of history!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Ah yes, sorry about that.I'm wondering if the special benefits had something to do with housing or work.Exactly, Tony. Food, Housing and Work and social office (transl.?) benefits. Interesting document, which i have never seen before. Gerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) I have an almost complete set of these, 1946-56. I have one of these along with some other docs. Here's the Hamburg version. Edited April 9, 2007 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) hmmm...something crashed while I was posting that-not good on this end...I'll try again...there is more to this set. i always wondered if he was a WW1 vet-and figured he was probably political (KPD). He was only in the KZ 2-3 years in the late 1930s, but you never know. Edited April 9, 2007 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Here's the cover of his VVN book (edited for size) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Here is a (resized) page of the VVN book. he paid his dues: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 (edited) ...and the inside cover, you can see the advent of the biro pen: Edited April 9, 2007 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 Thanks for the confirmation Gerd.Those are great pics, the card I have belonged to a former KZ prisoner too, towards the end of the war he was put in a penal battalion and sent to the Eastern Front. He was taken PoW and the Russians released him more or less staright away. He then walked home from Frankfurt/Oder to Bielefeld. Bet his feet were hurting.Apart from that, I don't any of his WWII history apart from the fact that he was a member of the SDP.Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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