• Here we'll place all manner of identity booklets, membership cards, papers, etcetera, both civilian and military. We'll scan any pages with writing or stamps and any unique pages within the books. Basically we'll scan any and all pages except duplicate pages of designs we've already scanned.

    [Below: Here is a postcard of Adolf Hitler's family tree.]

    [Below: Here is another genealogical table (Ahnentafel).]

    [Below: This is an Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). This is a booklet for genealogy and is the most common version that you'll find out in the wild. Enemy propaganda would have you believe that the Germans were obsessed with who was Aryan and who was not, because I guess only 'Nazis' would be interested in ancestry, right? (someone better tell 23andMe and Ancestry.com!)]

    [Below: Within the Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). Here is some sort of strange stamp... I've collected every kind of Third Reich stamp in existence and I've never seen this one before.]

    [Below: This is another Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). It says: 'Deutsches Einheits: Familienstammbuch' (German Unity: Family record book). Click to see inside.]

    [Below: This is another Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). It says: 'Deutsches Einheits: Familienstammbuch' (German Unity: Family record book). Unlike the book above, which has a cloth cover, this has a paper cover. Click to see inside.]

    [Below: This is another Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). It says: 'Ahnenspiegel - Ahnen=Kurzpaß' (Ancestral Mirror - Ancestors = short pass). This also has a paper cover. Click to see inside.]

    [Below: This is a genealogy book from the 1960s. 'Stammbuch' means 'Family Book'. It would appear that nothing has changed and Germans are still Nazis, since only Nazis are interested in genealogy, right? Click to see inside.]

    [Below: This is an NSDAP 'Prüfungsergebnis' {Examination result}, or 'kleinen Abstammungsnachweis' {small proof of descent}. The results are 'Deutschblütig (arisch)' (German-blooded {Aryan}). This folds out into a large piece of paper.]

    [Below: Reverse.]

    [Below: This is a 'Kleiner Arier=Nachweis' {Small Aryan = proof}. This is folds out to be HUGE and is made from a robust material commonly called 'oilskin' and was used throughout the Third Reich. Click to see inside.]

    [Below: Another example of a strange tax stamp.]

    [Below: This is a Luftschutz identification card given to a woman in 1939 and issued in Frankfurt on the Main (river). It says:

    'Ausbildungslehrgängen
    Allgemein=Ausbildung
    Fach=Ausbildung
    Amtsträger=Ausbildung'

    (training courses
    General=training
    Subject=training
    Officials=training).]

    [Below: Reverse of card. Kind of odd they use an ink stamp instead of the usual dues stamps.]

    [Below: This is a sports membership card from 1942. What's neatest about it is that it has the envelope which it originally was sent in. This card is from the N.S.R.L., or 'Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen' (The National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise ). It says:

    'Turn-und Sportgemeinschaft Kattenhofen
    Mitgliedskarte'

    (Kattenhofen gymnastics and sports community
    Membership card).

    Kattenhofen is a rural area on the border of Germany/France. Look at the ink stamp on the bottom it shows a person on the gymnastics parallel bars. The reverse of the card is blank.]

    [Below: Close-up of eagle.]

    [Below: These books were issued to a husband and wife. It is very rare to find these complete and with accompanying cards/booklets. 'Postsparbuch' means 'Postal Saving Book'. Apparently postal savings systems like this were pretty wide spread, they existed to 'provide depositors who do not have access to banks a safe and convenient method to save money' So you could go to any post office and access your bank account. Very convenient The book on the right has been 'de-Nazified' by the British occupiers. They've went through the trouble of printing out a sticker to cover the scary eagle and swastika, even though every single page within has a giant eagle and swastika! Click to see inside and we'll look deeper into these.]

    [Below: These both say 'Kündigungsscheine zum Postsparbuch' which means 'Cancellation certificates for the postal savings account'.]

    [Below: This is a savings card, 'Ausweiskarte' means 'ID Card'. It says:

    'Bei Rückzahlungen sind das Postsparbuch und diese Ausweis karte vorzulegen.
    Die Ausweiskarte ist getrennt vom Postsparbuch aufzubewahren.'
    which means:
    'In the case of repayments, the post office savings account and this identity card must be presented.
    The ID card must be kept separate from the post office savings book.'
    This ends the husband and wife material.]

    [Below: Here is a different version, I'm guessing later by the numbers. They now use a regular font and no longer use special paper.]

    [Below: I'm not sure how this worked... it says 'Postsparkarte' which means 'Postal savings card'. It has been cut in half, to invalidate it and is filled with postage stamps.]

    [Below: Here is a 1941 advertisement for the Postsparbüch (Postal Saving Book).'Hast Dü schon ein Postsparbüch?' (Do you already have a postal savings book?)]

    [Below: German foreigner's passport from Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), from 1938. This is a very rare identity book.]

    [Below: This small booklet is from 1925 and is a membership book for 'Verband der Berufsmilitär-gagistan österreichs Militärwissenschaftlicher und kasinoverein' (Association of Professional Military Officers of Austria). While it may not be Third Reich nearly every veteran's association supported and aligned with the NSDAP.]

    [Below: This is very interesting. This says:

    'Waffenschein

    Zum Führen von Schutzwaffen in öffentlichen Versammlungen und Umzügen berechtigt diefer Waffenschein nicht.'

    (Firearms license

    The firearms license does not entitle the holder to carry protective weapons in public meetings and parades.)

    Wait, I thought guns were banned in the 3rd Reich? That is obviously another lie. In fact, Adolf Hitler lifted gun restrictions from the Weimar Republic.]

    [Below: Inside.]

    [Below: Let's see, what do we have here? That big black block is where the Allies ordered the eagle and swastika to be obliterated. A 'Kennkarte' just means 'Identity Card'.]

    [Below: Inside. Interesting, but I've seen this before... the fact they didn't obliterate the eagles and swastikas on the inside. This woman looks very interesting. Let's look closer at her...]

    [Below: Close-up. I think she is wearing a wig.]