Eidesstattliche Versicherung [NS AFFIDAVIT FORM - RACIAL REGISTRATION]

Published by Staatsdruckerei (State Printing Office), Warsaw, 1941

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Sextodecimo (5 3/4 x 8 3/8'). Original affidavit printed to both sides in German and Polish. The front relating to the definition of Jew, the verso to Jewish half-bread. This form is indicative of the enforcement of racial laws in occupied Poland in 1941. These affidavits were an integral part of NS racial policies aimed at segregation and persecution of the Jewish population as well as those of partial Jewish descent. By forcing individuals to declare their racial status under threat of punishment, the NS regime solidified its racial hierarchy, leading to exclusion, marginalization and persecution of millions based solely on their ancestry. The document exemplifies the oppressive bureaucratic machinery used to implement racial laws during W.W.II. Both affidavits, one each on front and verso, open with the general text: After careful examination I have no reason to believe that the assumption would be justified that I am a Jew according to §§ 1 and 2 of the decree on the designation of the term "Jew" in the General Government of July 24, 1940 (Vbl. GG. I S. 231). Following are texts of §§ one and two, respectively § three on verso, indication the definition of the term Jew and who is assumed to be a Jew, including former Polish Citizens. The term Jew is defined as being somebody descending from at least three Jewish grandparents, assumed to be Jew are those descending from at least two Jewish grandparents. The latter if they were a member of a Jewish religious community on September 1, 1939, or admitted to one afterwards. Also if the person was married to a Jew when this decree was issued, respectively married a Jew afterwards. And finally, if the signatory descends from an extramarital relation with a Jew and was born after May 31, 1941. Grandparents are considered to be Jewish, if they were members of a Jewish religious community. The text of the affidavit closes in stating that delinquency occurs when knowingly providing false information. The Verso contains the affidavit with stipulations relating to the definition of the term Jewish half-breed. Age-toned. The Internet-Archive displays this affidavit with penciled "749040 VII 1-Roiuc?" at bottom of front page, and a stamp with "749040 III Res." and unidentified official stamp on verso.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
Eidesstattliche Versicherung [NS AFFIDAVIT FORM - RACIAL REGISTRATION]
Author
n/a
Publisher
Staatsdruckerei (State Printing Office), Warsaw
Publication year
1941
Condition
Very good+ condition
Binding
Loose leaf
Edition
Original document.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

CA, U.S.A.