Certificate of Pure Aryan Descent

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.493

Object Name

Certificate

Date

5-9-1940

Files

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Description

Green certificate on white background with title "Prüfungsergebnis." Includes illustration of Eagle and Swastika.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

The official Nazi certification of pure “aryan” German blood, or Abstammungsnachweis, was required of any citizen who wished to exercise his or her civil rights or join the Nazi Party. This one - number 92444 - bears the Eagle and Swastika seal. It certifies that Franz Gerstorfer is "Deutchbluttig (Arisch)" or of pure aryan German blood, and that he is not of Jewish or mixed Jewish (or "Mischling") ancestry.

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 11 3/4"

Keywords

Franz Gerstorfer, Abstammungsnachweis, Ancestry, Mischling

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Certificate of Pure Aryan Descent" (1940). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.493.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1209