Aryan race certificates

Identifier
irn515037
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.582.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515037

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The certificates were acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000.

Scope and Content

Two certificates with printed, handwritten and typed sections: one "Gerburts=und Taufschein" and one Ahnen=Nachweis." The certificates were used to prove Aryan ancestry, as required by German law.

Genre

  • Document
  • Certificates.
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