Hi everyone, I'm wondering the significance and other information in regards to the political climate at the time to this membership card.
It is of my grandmother before she fled Germany. I am highly fascinated by the historical significance of recorded history like this and especially concerning the Holocaust as it affects me so personally.
I do not know who my great-grandparents were, but I presume those are the names of them on the top right, though my German is very basic so I cannot make out much of the more complex wording combined with the handwriting making it harder to read.
So I'm wondering what a historians take on this is and the surrounding history of membership cards at the time (any personal takeaways about my great-grandparents is an added bonus for me).
Here is a link to the documents: https://postimg.cc/gallery/imynadd4/
Thanks everyone! Much appreciated for any responses!
It reads at the bottom Kartotekkarte für mittlere und höhere Schulen -"index cards for middle and high schools". Which by all appearances it seems to be that is, not a membership card but a card from a school's card file of students.
This card is for the student Gina Scharff, stepdaughter of Herbert Reich ('stepfather' is handwritten above 'father') and Ottilie Reich, born Scharff. Nationality: German. After Wohnung (apartment) it says "Reichenheimsches Waisenhaus, Weinbergsweg 13", which appears to be the name and address of an orphanage (Waisenhaus).
On the left you have Birthdate (oct 14 1928) in Berlin.
Religion: Jewish, Vaccinated: Yes,
From where: 139 Volksschule .
Recorded at: Berlin, Date: 29 September 1937
School: Jüdische Mädchenschule (Jewish Girls' School) Auguststraße, Class: 7a
Apparently the orphanage in question was a Jewish one. Between the child having her mother's maiden name, the orphanage address and the mother being remarried it hints at the all-too-common sad story of a single mother forced to give up her child for adoption. We have real experts on holocaust history here who can probably say more about the situation in Jewish schools/orphanages/institutions in Germany at the time; but I thought I'd contribute a translation at least since I don't have a problem reading this.