Kindertransport, Helga Wertheimer, ID Card (Facsimile)
1939 June 28, Front side - Identification card (facsimile) for Helga Wertheimer, a child refugee of Czechoslovakia.
Replica of tan identification card with printed text in English using black ink. Printed handwriting in German in black ink is present at the bottom left. The number #5236 handwritten in blue pencil appears at the center life. At the center right is a cursive letter or scribble in pencil. A black-and-white photograph of Helga Wertheimer appears at the bottom right. She is wearing a dark blouse or dress with a short dark haircut. Helga is looking at the camera and smiling. An embossed stamp at the bottom right corner from the Reign Office of Passport Control in the United Kingdom.
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Kindertransport, Helga Wertheimer, ID Card (Facsimile)Entry/Object ID
2022.1.2Scope and Content
1939 June 28, identification card (facsimile) for Helga Wertheimer, a child refugee of Czechoslovakia.Context
In hopes of finding a safe haven for children, one path was to petition the Fürsoge-Zentrale der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien Auswanderungsabteilung (the Emigration Department of the Welfare Center of the Jewish Community of Vienna). The Jewish Community of Vienna had initially been shut down by the Nazis during the Anschluss, but was reopened in May 1938 and forced by the Gestapo to organize the emigration of Jews including Kindertransports. By January 1939, the Emigration Department had received 43,336 applicants with 74,643 dependents. Helga Wertheimer Bellenger was such a dependent. She was taken in by the Joseph Powell Bland family, living in Kidderminster, England. The Bland family were Christadelphians, a small Christian denomination that are distinguished theologically by their rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity. They see themselves as having a religion that is very much in harmony with Judaism. Despite their modest numbers, Christadelphians sponsored approximately 250 of the 10,000 children who went to Great Britain via the Kindertransport. Note: The Spungen Family Foundation is unclear of the location of Helga's original identification card, but we are continuining to search for this piece. Please help us locate this document!Collection
KindertransportCategory
Identification Card
Philatelic Material