Valeriu and Eva Gerson Marcu identity card

Identifier
irn8162
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.28.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Romanian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8162

Extent and Medium

oversize folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eva Marcu

Issued to Valeriu and Eva Marcu, September 1941, Bziers, France. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Eva Marcu.

Scope and Content

Certificate of Identity for Traveller (Certificat d'Identit et de voyage), issued to Valeriu and Eva Gerson Marcu, September 30, 1940. Booklet format: typewritten form with handwritten entries, photographs of bearers, contains entry, exit and transit visas; issued by Rumanian consulate at Bziers, France; illegible signature; valid through September 30, 1941. In French, Rumanian, Spanish, Portuguese and English. The Marcu family were refugees in France and prominent anti-fascists; they were aided in their escape by the Centre Americain de Secours.

Subjects

  • France--Emigration and immigration.
  • Humanitarian assistance.

Genre

  • Identification cards.
  • Document
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