• The Kennkarte served as the basic identification document issued to German nationals from the age of 15 onwards, with place of residence or permanent...
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    the Kennkarte (Identification card) in the German Reich served as a precursor to the modern-day Personalausweis (Identity card). The Kennkarte was the...
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  • are sometimes subject to both social and political discrimination. The Kennkarte was the basic identity document in use inside Germany (including occupied...
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    choice' but by religion, language and "frequently by the letter 'U' in the Kennkarte Polish citizens received from the Nazi occupation during the war". Those...
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    Known as a legitimace, it was often nicknamed kennkarta (after the German Kennkarte). During the communist regime (1948–1989) this simple card developed into...
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  • rail stations, depots and interchanges. Their duties included checking Kennkarte, identification and leave passes of soldiers, checking for deserters,...
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    Pre-war Polish IDs were issued on-demand. Compulsory German ID cards (Kennkarte) were introduced during the Nazi-German occupation on 1939-10-26. Compulsory...
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    of Krzywoszewski, his former employers. They got him false papers, a Kennkarte in the name of Kowalczyk. Next, Wiernik assumed the name of Jan Smarzyński...
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  • race; such as the U.S. BIA's "Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood" or "Kennkarte" of WWII Germany Racecard, a printed card used in horseracing Search for...
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    Alfreda was hired on the railway and managed to obtain a work permit (Kennkarte) which gave her some protection against further arrests. She became involved...
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  • damaging her brain. At the moment of death, she had in her hands the Kennkarte of her husband as well as his book. Baczyński had foreseen this in a poem...
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  • apply to all citizens over the age of 15. The identity card was known as Kennkarte. British citizens were obliged to carry identity cards between October...
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    was to provide expertise in forged documentation e.g. preparation of Kennkartes. However, Grossvogel had recruited Abraham Rajchmann, a criminal forger...
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    in his home and other support, including arranging for fake documents (Kennkarte), medical care, and bribing the Blue Police when the family was discovered...
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  • resources chief of the local Gestapo, Rudolf Arnold, who issued him the Kennkarte of a Gestapo friseur which allowed him freedom of movement. He made a...
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  • Kanne (surname) Kapellmeister Kapitän Kaserne Kassirer Kassler Katzbalger Kennkarte Kesselgarden Kiez Kinder, Küche, Kirche Kirchweger-Kondensationseinrichtung...
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    to Treblinka, Anka asked Calek on several occasions to obtain a false kennkarte for her, identifying her as an ethnic Pole since she did not have the...
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    got them false papers from the Polish underground; Rozia used her false Kennkarte to get her fiancé Elek Jakubowicz out of the camp, helped by Johan Brys...
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  • who were employed at the institute were issued a special version of the Kennkarte, the "Ausweis", which noted both that they might be infected with typhus...
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    various classes and political affiliations and provided shelters and Kennkarte for several Jews, such as Janina Bauman. According to Gunnar S. Paulsson...
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  • agent Abraham Rajchmann, a forger, who provided identity papers, e.g. the Kennkarte, Carte d'identité and travel permits, for the espionage group. At the...
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    Ksawer couple, and the family of Maciej Rusinek (false name from the Kennkarte), his wife, and their six-year-old daughter. Idzikowski, the Polish Righteous...
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  • the judiciary. Known as the Ausweis, these were special versions of the Kennkarte, that enabled European wide travel. Grundmann, Siegfried (2008). Der Geheimapparat...
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    1943, she gave shelter to Emil G., a refugee from Warsaw who carried a Kennkarte with a Polish surname beginning with the letter Ż. She took him in and...
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    craftsmen and qualified labourers took place. The workers were issued Kennkarte and moved; in October 1941 a special ghetto zone was set up for them at...
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  • Funkabwehr Known as the Ausweis, these were special versions of the Kennkarte, that enabled European wide travel. Lentz was a radio operator who had...
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  • Ludwig Stummel Ludwig Stummel identity image for the Kennkarte Born (1898-08-05)5 August 1898 Kevelaer Died 30 November 1983(1983-11-30) (aged 85) Kronberg...
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  • provide expertise in secret inks and forged documentation e.g. preparing Kennkartes for the group, but Trepper's assistant Léon Grossvogel, had recruited...
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    non-Jewish Poles on the outside who smuggled food, and passed around kennkartes forged by the underground. Such activity presented a grave danger due...
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    Ryszard Grynberg and Mikołaj Borenstein. Borenstein was helped by JaninaKennkarte and work in the neighboring building. After the uprising broke out, the...
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