Materials from the Reichssippenamt (Reich Genealogy Certification Office) Included in the collection, among other documentation, are security photographs of the Registration Books (Matrikel und Personenstandsregister) of Jewish communities in Germany, prepared in winter 1944 by the Gatermann company in Duisburg-Hamborn - Part A of the materials, which includes a variety of personal documents of communities to the east of the Oder-Neisse Line (reels JM/22659 - JM/22668). In addition to these materials, the Record-Group also includes a collection of personal data of Jewish families that was collected in the population census held in Germany in May 1939 (Volkszaehlung 1939). This collection has been recorded separately in item 7158404 in "Sapir".