Identification card

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

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item

Extent

Identification card : cardboard : beige , black, blue ; Ht: 13,5 cm x W: 20,9 cm

Scope & content

Double-panel booklet attesting Robert Monheit's entry in the French Forces of the Interior as a military chaplain of the 12th area of Haute-Vienne County. On front panel b.r.a black ink signature over the two stamps. Inside the booklet, on left panel reads the date of Robert Monheit's entry in the resistance on February 1943. Narrative: Rabbi Robert Monheit comes from Strasbourg and is born on September 24, 1920. During the war he was a chaplain and an officer in the French army. He helped Jews to hide in the region of Saint-Amand. He was part of the French resistance and did his military service from 1940 to 1944. In 1944 he was employed in a sugar factory to do mandatory work. After two months he was released from that. After the war he helped in Germany and he was part of the mobile-synagogue ambulance. He had two children in 1948 and 1949 in Strasbourg. He helped in the United States to send money to DP camps. He immigrated to Canada in 1951.

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DocumentFormGovernmentHandwrittenIdentity CardJudaismMilitaryMilitary OfficerMonarchyPrintedRabbiSealSignatureStampWarTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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FORCES FRANÇAISES DE L'INTÉRIEURRÉGION R 5Département de Hte VienneLIVRET INDIVIDUELdeRobertLe Capitaine LAMBERTCommandant la Compagnie 4e G.G.Haute-VienneMONHEITRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

Harvested

2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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