Identification card

Held by

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

Dates

October 20, 1946 (indexed as 1946)

Level

item

Extent

Identification card : Paper : printed, stamped, handwritten : Beige, red, black ; Ht: 11,9 cm x W: 9,6 cm

Scope & content

Beige paper, printed in red ink and handwritten in black ink on recto. Frame with right thumb fingerprint on centre right side of the page. Verso is printed in red ink, and contains a glued b&w identity photograph of the card holder with signature. This document is a Displaced Person identification card for Rafael Zlatkin, a Holocaust survivor. Narrative: Rafael Zlatin was born 1924-03-24 in Zychlin, Poland. Rafael was the son of Roman and Dvorah zlatkin, he had a broither named Josef. The Zlatkin family was sent to the Zychlin ghetto. Rafael's mother advised him to escape the ghetto; she later died in the ghetto. Rafael was interned in Mauthausen and later deported to Auschwitz where his prisoner number was #124274. In Auschwitz he worked with the food supplies and managed to steal some food and distribute it to other prisoners. At the end of the war, Rafael was sent on a death march. He survived and made his way to a Displaced Persons' camp in Salzburg, Austria. In April 1948 he immigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal (he landed in Halifax). His father also survived the war and remarried, later he also immigrated to Montreal. Rafael met his future wife, Gertrude, in Montreal in November 1948.

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UNITED NATIONSDP IDENTIFICATION CARDNameZLATKIN RafaelDate of birthHeightWeightHairEyesNationalityPolish JewDP Registration No.on left armFingerprint Right ThumbDate of entry US Occupied Zone, Austria or GermanyIssued atSalzburgCamp No.DateRepatriated toH. Pieczykowska DirectorU.N.R.R.A.Austrian MissionValidation dateOfficial stampH. Pienczykowska Director03293512. 3. 24Age22 3/1216869brownblueDP Registratur Nr.DP Signature (DP Unterschrift)Scars or identifying marksCons. Camp No. 124 27420.X.19454520 X 46Name and Rank of Issuing US Camp Commandant or UNRRA OfficialRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

English

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