Token

Held by

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

Dates

June 24, 1944 (indexed as 1944)

Level

item

Extent

Token : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : beige, black, blue ; Ht: 11,4 cm x W: 7,9 cm

Scope & content

I page, 2-sided. The front has a title followed by lines of text that contain printed prompts and hand-written answers. There are lines of vertical text on both the right and left borders, separated from the rest of the text by a motif that ressembles a diamond shape with lines coming out of it. The back has a table with some information filled out by hand. This is a ration card for clothing from France, 1944. It belonged to a Jewish girl, but because she was in hiding, she is not identified as Jewish and there is no "J" on the card. Narrative: This card belonged to the donor, Marguerite Elias. Her father, Maurice Elias, volunteered for the French Army on September 11, 1939 although he was not a French citizen. On March 20, 1940 he joined the 212 Infantry Division and was demobilized in 1941. He owned a store since 1933, which was assigned an administrator. He was taken on August 20, 1941 in the first round-up of Paris Jews (mostly professionals and intellectuals). He was picked up at 6:30 AM by 3 French men and taken to Drancy. Transferred to Compiegne because they thought that he was a Communist since he spoke Russian. On February 27, 1942 he was deported to Auschwitz and killed April 19, 1942. Afterwards, Marguerite and her sister left Paris and were taken care in hiding by Catholic farmers in the region of Grenoble, France. they stayed there between 1942 and 1944. After the liberation of Paris, the farmer who took care of the girls was accused of being a collaborator and the girls' mother came to get them.

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textual record

In the picture

Clothing StoreDocumentFormGovernmentHandwrittenIdentity CardPrintedSealStampTaxationTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

DuplicataSECRÉTARIAT D'ÉTAT À LA PRODUCTION INDUSTRIELLECARTE de VÊTEMENTSET D'ARTICLES TEXTILESNomPrénomsProfessionNationalitéSexeDateCommuneDépartementRue et N°Délivrée lepar la Mairie deSignature du Maire :Cachet :Carte d'Alimentation N°délivrée par la Mairie deEliasMargueriteDomicile - Naissance4.12.1936cjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

French

Harvested

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

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