Dehomag 11 punch card

Identifier
irn545343
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.48.11 a - c
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

The tabulator was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Technische Sammlungen Dresden. The punch card was found inside the tabulator by museum staff.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Technische Sammlungen Dresden

Scope and Content

Torn punch card of the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

In three pieces.

Corporate Bodies

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.