Original German WWII Set of Four Identification & Document Books - Two Passports, Workbook, and DAF Membership Book

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 DAF Labor Front - Deutsche Arbeitsfront Mitgliedsbuch (membership book), which looks to be named to Gertrud Freimer, and the book looks have been issued 1. Aug 1939. Later pages in the book show the meetings they attended, along with stamps for when they were present, which look to represent membership dues.

- One German WWII Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch (German National Workbook), named to what looks like Rolf Luzelberger. As indicated on page 5 the book was issued 4. September 1940, and it is the post 1935 pattern book, with the new Reichsadler Design. It looks like they worked at Elektro-Trommer-Radio in Coburg, and there are numerous stamps from this company. 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 Reisepass (Passport), named to Kurt Leeger, which also indicates that he did not have a wife or children. It was issued 26. 4 1938, and as best we can tell he did not travel much during the period. There are a few stamps, but they look mainly to be indicating permission was granted for travel, but with no stamps indicating that the travel took place.

- One German WWII Reisepass (Passport), named to Gertrud Lenkowitz geb. Langosh, indicating both her married and maiden (born) name. While she was married, we do not see any indications on the passport that she had children. It was issued 14. April 1937., and has a Weimar style eagle on the cover, which we have not seen before, and assume were leftover from the Pre-NSDAP period. We can see some travel stamps, and it looks like they traveled to Poland during the pre-war period, before the occupation of Poland in 1939.

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.