No Longer in the Country

Unusual Objects in Showcase Tell Stories of Jewish Life

Six membership cards of the Frankfurt Jewish Community, stamped in 1949

Unclaimed membership cards for the Jewish community Frankfurt am Main, 1949; Jewish Museum Berlin, photos: Roman März

After the war, nearly one thousand displaced persons (DPs) lived with their children in Frankfurt am Main. When the Jewish community admitted them in 1949, it had membership cards made, but two-thirds were never picked up.

The surviving cards show no signs of use. Their intended owners had probably already left Germany for Israel or the United States.

(6 items)
  • Membership card with passport photo of a woman in a flowered top

    Membership card of Dora Tauber, born on 22 Jun 1898; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession NDA/10/133, photo: Roman März

  • Membership card with heart-shaped passport photo, obviously taken from a photo album

    Membership card of Josef Baumgarten, born on 3 Jul 1925; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession NDA Rep/125768/0, photo: Roman März

  • Membership card with passport photo of a woman

    Membership card of Helene Lascher, née Sternfeld, born on 26 May 1912; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession NDA/10/80, photo: Roman März

  • Membership card, the photo shows upper body and head of a man, in the background a street and houses

    Membership card of Josef Majer Goldberg, born on 12 Mar 1907; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession NDA/10/1, photo: Roman März

  • Membership card of a woman born in Ostrolenki

    Membership card of Sala Dresdner, née Schorn, born on 8 Aug 1904; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession NDA/10/32, photo: Roman März

  • Membership card with a negative passport photo, the man was born in Breslau

    Membership card of Heinrich Duzing, born on 22 Jul 1919; Jewish Museum Berlin, accession NDA/10/5, photo: Roman März

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