Original German WWII Set of Four Identification & Document Books - ID Card, Workbooks, and Apprenticeship Certificate

Original Item: One-of-a-kind Set. Here we have a very nice set of four Identification books from NSDAP ruled WWII Germany. During the period many new types of identification were required, both for civilians and military personnel, both as a method of control and to help protect vital parts of the German war machine. These books often recorded quite a bit about the owners life, much more than just their basic information. The military issued books in particulars also served as records of their service as well as pay books, so they were definitely important to keep safe.

This lovely set consists of the following Identification books:

- One German WWII Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer (German National Workbook for Foreigners), named to what looks like Gwolokia Konopazka. Page 8 indicates that the book was issued on 21. 3. 1944.These books grew out of a 1935 law requiring registration of work, and documentation of work history for German citizens-and only German citizens, who were issued the Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch. Foreigners who worked in Germany carried an Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer which had a picture of the owner, as this example does on page 2.

- One German Postwar Occupation Kennkarte (ID Card), named to Erna Senne, geb. Wedde, which was issued just after the war on 10. September 45. It indicates both her married name and her maiden name, and the book has "sanitized" stamps on the interior. We can also see that the front of the ID was sanitized, but then later cleaned away, showing that they continued to use the old ID books until they were used up.

- One German WWII Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch (German National Workbook), named to what looks like Rudolf Bremer. As indicated on page 7 the book was issued 21. Okt. 1938, and it is the post 1935 pattern book, with the new Reichsadler Design. These books grew out of a 1935 law requiring registration of work, and documentation of work history for German citizens-and only German citizens. Foreigners who worked in Germany carried an Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer which had a picture of the owner.

- One German WWII Lehrbrief Prüfungszeugnis (Apprenticeship certificate examination certificate), which was issued on 16. März 1940, and looks to be certifying them as a Buchbinder (book binder). Their last name is definitely Poppki, but the first name we cannot make out.

A great set of German WWII Era Identification material, full of great translation and research possibilities!

Of note: some of the writing in this book is in Kurrentschrift, an older form of Germanic script writing, which is why the all the "u" letters are written as "ŭ". In this script the lowercase "n" and "u" are identical, so the latter gets the arc shaped mark over it. This is not indicative of an umlaut or other diacritical marking.