Waffen SS Wehrpass for Herbert Fandke, a Guard at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

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Object ID

2012.1.11

Object Name

Booklet, Register

Date

1938

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Description

Small, green booklet titled "Wehrbaß" with Nazi seal on cover. Interior includes a photograph of a man, as well as other biographic information.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Wartime issue Waffen SS Wehrpass issued August 30, 1938 in Celle, Germany to concentration camp guard Herbert Fandke. Fandke was a guard at KZ Sachsenhausen. In 1944, Fandke served in flak regiments in Russia and Kurmark. This document doubled as an assembly and muster order document.

Dimensions

6 x 4" (closed)

Keywords

Waffen, SS Wehrpass, Germany, Sachsenhausen, Herbert Fandke, Celle

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Waffen SS Wehrpass for Herbert Fandke, a Guard at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.11.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/672

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