Identification card

Held by

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

Dates

1938 (indexed as 1938)

Level

item

Extent

Identification card : Paper : printed, handwritten : Ink : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 12.4 cm x W: 21.4 cm

Scope & content

Three panel identification card, double sided. A black & white photo is stapled to the center page with a signature above. Details are inscribed in blue handwriting attesting to the identification of Marthe Jeanne Petree. This false identification card was created for Mindla Elgarten by the Belgian resistance movement. Narrative: Donor is the son of Icek Rabinowicz and Mindla Rabinowicz (born Elgarten). Mindla was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1923 and immigrated to Brussels with her family in 1926. Icek was born in 1919 in Ciechanow, Poland and immigrated to Belgium with his family at the age of 10. The two met through a Jewish youth group. They survived the war in Belgium by concealing their Jewish Identity and carrying false identification papers. They were also both members of the Belgian Resistance movement where they distributed false identification papers to other Jews in Belgium. They married in Brussels in 1946 and had two children, Daniel and Élise Rabinowicz. They immigrated to Canada in 1951, settling in Montréal, where Icek found work in his profession as a pursemaker. Mindla later went to University and obtained a degree as a translator. Mindla had two younger siblings and only her brother survived by hiding at a clergy house. Her sister was arrested by Germans and sent to a concentration camp where she was presumably killed.

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Nom PETREEPétrée MarthePrénoms Marthe Jeanne VoornamenLéon LebrunLaekenle 26 juillet 1919Rue de Champagne 4le 27 mai 1938RUE – STRAATCaisse de Retraite Loi du 10-12-24. No du CompteKas van Rustpensioen Wet van 10-12-24 Nr der RekeningNo 896671NaamSignature du porteur Handtekening des dragersEtat-Civil Burgerstand BELGENationalité Nationaliteitné à geboren tedenProfession Beroep VendeuseRésidence précédente Vorig verblijf IxellesSeconde résidence Tweede verblijfInscrit Vol. 228 Fol. 129 Ingeschreven Boek Blad 30Straat nrBruxelles, le Brussel, denL'Officier de l'Etat-Civil (ou son délégué) De Ambtenaar van den Burgerstand (of zijn afgevaardigde)DEMEURES SUCCESSIVES A BRUXELLES ACHTEREENVOLGENDE WONINGEN IN BRUSSELVol. Fol. Book BladDate DatumNo Don Nr AdRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

Harvested

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

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