Records of the Hauptamt Wissenschaft- series Kennkarten, Police Identification Cards assigned to German Jews (RG 222)
Extent and Medium
6,027 digital images, JPEG
5 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Institut der NSDAP zur Erforschung der Judenfrage in Frankfurt am Main
Biographical History
The Institut der NSDAP zur Erforschung der Judenfrage in Frankfurt am Main, or the Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question, was founded in April 1939 with the objective of creating a Hohe Schule which would be a university dedicated to the study of Nazi philosophy especially the theories of racialism and the study of the Jewish question. The institute was opened on March 28, 1941 and was under the direction of Alfred Rosenberg, who was also the head of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) the Nazi pillaging unit which traveled to all parts of occupied Europe and ransacked and plundered homes, communal organizations and libraries, and removed original Jewish books, manuscripts, religious artifacts, and artworks. The ERR units transported the plundered materials to the Institute in Frankfurt as well as in Hungen.
Archival History
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Acquisition
From YIVO instytute, RG-222, Series Kennkarten, ca. 1939 - ca. 1942, a part of the records created by the Institut der NSDAP zur Erforschung der Judenfrage in Frankfurt am Main. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2010.
Scope and Content
Contains 4689 administrative duplicates of police identification cards, called Kennkarten, issued to German Jews in the period c. 1939 – c. 1942 from several municipalities in Germany, including substantial numbers of cards from Mainz (Stadt & Land), Frankfurt A.M., Geissen, Darmstadt (Stadt & Land) and Worms.
System of Arrangement
The cards are arranged by place of residence and then by surname and first name. Each card has the following data elements: Surname and maiden name, first name, date of birth, occupation, physical marks (scars, etc.), signature, and photo for those over 10 years of age. The police authorities who maintained the card files noted on the back of the card if the person had died or if the person moved to another locality in Germany or out of the country.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
- Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question
Subjects
- Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
- Political persecution--Germany.
- Darmstadt (Germany)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)--History.
- Jews--Germany--History--20th century.
- Police--Germany--History--20th century.
- National socialism--Germany.
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Geissen (Germany)--History.
- Worms (Germany)
Genre
- Document
- Identification cards.
- Kennkarten.
Copies
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