Identification Card

Held by

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

Dates

March 27, 1946 (indexed as 1946)

Level

item

Extent

Identification Card : Paper : Print ; Ht: 28 cm x W: 20,5 cm

Scope & content

Yellowing paper folded vertically and horizontally. One quarter segment is reinforced with a card, which is brittle and delaminating. There is a photograph of the card holder on the lower right segment, stamped with two stamps from the Department of Federal Justice and Police. There is an ink stamp BL. Form is filled in by hand. This is the Swiss ID card (No. 6784) of Chaim Karasin This id card would become invalid if the holder left Switzerland. It was issued 27 March 1946. C. Karasin was the father of Beatrice Barzilai. This document was found by B. Barzilai in her mother’s home. Narrative: Chaim Karasin is a Russian refugee. He was born 3 December 1913 in Warsaw, Poland, to Abraham Karasin and Beila (Baijla) Fridman (who had both died by 22 June 1942). Chaim was married to Ruchla Hasfield on 22 June 1942 (she was born 18 May 1910). She was the daughter of Joseph and Malis Hindel. Chaim and Ruchla had four children; Beatrix (donor) (4 May 1941), Helene-Mayriane (15 Mai 1946) Ruth (9 July 1947) and Joseph Ruben (4 December 1949). In 1944, Chaim was described as being 175 cm tall, small, with short hair. At this point he was a Polish refugee, arriving in Geneva on 9 Oct 1943. Ruchla's parents had been deported to Sobibor on 6 July 1943 shortly before half of the camp was killed in an uprising. Chaim's parents seem to have been discharged from Westerbork holding camp on 12 January 1943. Ruchla's brother Jacob died in Sobibor May 21 1943. Chaim immigrated to Canada in April 1951.

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CONFÉDÉRATION SUISSE — SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFTCONFEDERAZIONE SVIZZERADépartement fédéral de Justice et Police — Eidgen. Justiz- und Polizeidepartement — Dipartimento federale di giustizia e poliziaDivision de police — Polizeiabteilung — Divisione di poliziaCERTIFICAT D'IDENTITÉIDENTITÄTSZEUGNIS Nr. 6784CERTIFICATO DI IDENTITÀSIGNALEMENTLe Chef de la Division de Police / Der Chef der Polizeiabteilung / Il Capo della Divisione della PoliziaREFUGIÉS RUSSESBerne, le / Bern, den 27 mars 1945Valable jusqu'au / Gültig bis zum / Valevole fino al 27 mars 1946Le présent certificat n'est pas valable pour le retour dans le pays qui l'a délivré sans une mention spéciale inscrite sur le présent document. Il cessera d'être valable si le titulaire se rend en Russie.Dieses Zeugnis berechtigt nicht zur Rückkehr in das Land, von dem es ausgestellt wurde, es sei denn, dass dies besonders vermerkt sei. Die Gültigkeit dieses Zeugnisses erlischt, wenn der Inhaber nach Russland einreist.Il presente certificato non è valevole per il ritorno nel paese che l'ha rilasciato, senza una menzione speciale sul documento. Esso cesserà d'essere valevole, se il titolare penetra in Russia.Observations / Bemerkungen / OsservazioniRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

Harvested

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

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