Gift of Rudolph Hirsch

Id no. 1233.90, Document, French

Subject(s):  Race laws

The card is marked with a red stamp of the French word ?Juive? (Jew). Helen was born in France in 1884 and her nationality is listed as French, however, Jews in France were subjected to discriminatory legislation, according to the October 1940 laws of the ?Statut des Juifs? issued by the collaborationist Vichy regime.