Object ID
2014.1.462
Object Name
Booklet, Identification
Date
11-7-1944
Files
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Description
Small booklet titled, "Comité International de la Croix-Rouge de Genève" with Red Cross.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Item issued by Friedrich Born, the Swiss delegate of the Comité Internationale de la Croix Rouge de Geneva (International Committee of the Red Cross), signed by Born with the stamp of the Red Cross. Photograph missing. This pass certifies that the holder is in the service and under the protection of the International Committee of the Red Cross. It requests authorities to give all necessary support to the holder. Born saved 6,000 children by placing them in Red Cross protected homes. He was as well able to secure protective letters from the Vatican. Israel recognized Born’s heroic efforts in saving more than 11,000 lives by recognizing him as “Righteous Among the Nations.”
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 3 3/4"
Keywords
Auscweis, Legitimation, Switzerland, Comite Internationale de la Croix Rouge de Geneva, International Committee of the Red Cross, Red Cross, Helen Mayer, Friedrich Born
Subcollection
Diplomats
Recommended Citation
"International Committee of the Red Cross Protective Pass for Jew Helene Mayer Signed by Friedrich Born with stamp of Red Cross" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.462.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/645
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