Six documents which had belonged to Jacques Mussler, a Zionist activist from Belgium who was incarcerate in the Rivesaltes Concentration Camp (southern France) during the Holocaust. France, early-mid 1940s. French and some Hebrew.
1. Confirmation of a request for an ID for an alien in Vichy France. With personal details, a passport picture and the stamp JUIF (Jew) in red ink. Issued in Lalanne-Trie (Southern France), 1941.
2. Document issued by the chief pharmacist of the Rivesaltes Concentration Camp, confirming that Mussler had worked at the pharmacy during the months April to October 1941. Hand-signed by the chief pharmacist and with his stamp.
3. Document issued by the police commander of the Rivesaltes camp, indicating the decision to release Mussler from the camp. 1942. Hand-signed by the commander and with a stamp of Vichy France.
4-6. Three membership certificates of Jewish and Zionist organizations in France after WWII: the Zionist youth movement in France (Mouvement les Jeunesse Sioniste de France), the Zionist Organization in France (Organization Sioniste de France) and the Federation of Jewish societies in France (Fédération des sociétés juives de France).
All the documents were filled-in by hand (one of them also by typewriter) and bear various stamps. A JNF postage stamp is mounted on one of the certificates.
Enclosed: two cards issued to Mussler before the was in Berchen (Belgium) – a membership card of the Histadroth Tikvatenou and a membership card of the swimming department of the Atheneum Sports Club.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, stains, creases and wear. Tears to edges and fold lines (one of them mended with tape).