[Below: This little book says: Generalstab des Heers
3. Abteilung
Nur für den Dienstgebrauch!
Taschenbuch
Holländisches Heer
(Bestimmt für den Gebrauch der Truppe im Felde).

(General Staff of the Army
3rd Department
For Official Use Only!
Pocketbook
Dutch Army
(Intended for use by troops in the field).)

Oddly 'Footlocker' has been stamped on this and the words 'Reserve' and 'Surplus' are written. I'm guessing this was done by the British or American occupation after the war, but for what purpose? The book is in German so their troops wouldn't be able to read the explanations. Hmm... Click to see inside.]

[Below: Here is an example of a color page within the book.]

[Below: Here is a birth certificate with some interesting tax stamps at the bottom. This was for Marianna Kopalak, who was born on May 12, 1899, in Zakrzew, Poland.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: This is an invitation to a DAF (German Labor Front) on January 5, 1941 at 7 p.m., taking place at Mr. Knoppek's inn. It required a 1 Reichmark donation to the Kriegswinterhilfswerk (War Winter Relief of the German People).]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: This card gives the holder permission to wear a war medal. I guess they had 'stolen valor' back then, I presume this is from after WWI. I can imagine it now, I come into the dance wearing a cheap copy of Göring's cape and his Field Marshal's baton...]

[Below: This is a hand written 'Passierschein' (pass) reserving a room in Kunz on July 4, 1942, for Polly Hedwig.]

[Below: This is a document certifying that the bearer has passed tests for the study of economics on March 25, 1943.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: This is a document stating that a blacksmith completed his work from 1937 - 1938 and was a good worker. This is from a 37 acre business and recommends the blacksmith to everyone.]

[Below: This is a 'Military Service Record Note', from March 30, 1943 for Wilhelm Stoll, born August 8, 1894. He was 48 years old at the time of this certificate. It states that he is available to his unit and is deemed indispenable and may not leave his position without proper consent.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: This is a birth and baptismal certificate from November 15, 1939 and is for 'proof of Aryan ancestry'.]

[Below: Reverse.]

[Below: This booklet is called 'Answers to Everything'. It states that it offers 'Advice and new guidelines for the housewife'. It has advice and formulas for various things like footwear, stain removal, flowers, laundry, cleaning, cooking, pet care, vermin, first aid and even diseases.]

[Below: Example showing a random page.]

[Below: Translated.]

[Below: This is a birth and baptismal certificate from a man born in 1875. The certificate itself is a copy of one from February 22, 1899, but with a notar stamping it from the Third Reich (reverse). Interestingly, it doesn't list a father.]

[Below: Reverse.]

[Below: This is a military training map of the Munster (North Rhine-Westphalia) from the Reich Office for Land Survey, Berlin 1928 and corrected in 1935. The reverse is blank.]

[Below: This paper, a little larger than a postcard, says:

' Wer ruhig und entschlossen kämpft, wer gewillt ist, das Äußerste einzusetzen, der kann niemals besiegt werden.
Kriegsweihnachten 1944 Die Betriebsgemeinschaft
Carl Zeiss-Jena '

(Who fights calmly and resolutely, who is willing to give his utmost, can never be defeated.
Christmas at War 1944
The Company Community Carl Zeiss-Jena).]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Apparently this is the outer wrapping of a set of postcards. It says:

'Homeland Workshop - Upper Danube - From the Führer's home region - Cities and Markets - artist postcards after watercolors'.]

[Below: Inside.]