Persoonsbewijs Centrale

  • Personal Identification Card Centre
  • PBC
Identifier
603
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

Dates of Existence

Founded in 1942

History

Jews, resistance fighter, people who refused to report for forced labor were at great risk if they carried their own personal identification cards. Dozens of groups forged documents. The largest organization was the Persoonsbewijs Centrale, which was established in 1942. Members of the group were involved in the attack on the Amsterdam Register of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. This attack was an attempt to destroy the personal details index of the Jews in Amsterdam.

Places

  • Founded and active in the Netherlands.

Sources

  • Auschwitz Committee, www.auschwitz.nl