The beginning of the end of German Jewry

1933

JAN
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Closely written page in horizontal format
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Typewritten letter bearing the letterhead of the Vossische Zeitung
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FEB
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Document with decorated border
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Short typewritten note on the headed paper of the Ullstein publishing house
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A short typed letter bearing the letterhead of the Reich Commissioner for Prussia.
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Photograph of a little girl in a shiny suit and cap balancing a tray of business cards on one hand.
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Printed flier
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Program featuring a clear typographic design and listing the dance pieces, composers and artists.
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Letter sent by Benno Chajes to the Schöneberg District Court concerning Eduard Bernstein’s estate, 21 February 1933.
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Horizontal-format card filled out by typewriter and by hand.
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Closely typewritten sheet of paper
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MAR
Small vertical-format card with the member’s name, address and party membership number entered on the front. Contribution stamps featuring a portrait of Chancellor Bismarck have been glued on the back.
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Decorative fold-out card featuring Berlin sights
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Pencil drawing of the superimposed heads of Bismarck, Hindenburg and Hitler.
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Handwritten sheet of paper
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Stamped form, filled out by typewriter, with numerous signatures by examiners and teachers
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Page in a poetry album with a verse written in Sütterlin script
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Vertical-format card with Reiss’s name, address and profession entered by hand.
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Closely typewritten letter on carbon paper
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Ink-written letter
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Typed and copied letter
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Report card form, filled out by hand, with the signature of the school director, class teacher and Mirjam’s father
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Short typewritten acknowledgement of receipt on an A4-format sheet with signature
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Small horizontal-format form, filled out, bearing the stamp of the Regensburg police department.
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APR
Members of the SA standing in front of a shop window with a bucket, brush and leaflets. Passers-by are looking on with expressions ranging from interested to gleeful.
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Closely typed letter
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Typewritten letter
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Vertical-format fold-out card with a drawing of a steamship on the front and a six-course menu inside.
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Typed letter
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Closely written sheet of paper.
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Silhouette of a small angel on a branch conducting a flock of singing birds perched on the surrounding branches.
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Official certificate with a Reich eagle
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Typed, copied sheet of paper
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Note written hastily in pencil on a small piece of paper bearing the stamp of the SA Darmstadt
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Typewritten sheet of paper
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Typed letter with signature and stamp
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MAY
Black-and-white photo in horizontal format showing an open-top car with Hindenburg, Hitler and uniformed attendants. In the background there are people in both civilian and military dress, their arms raised in the Hitler salute. Two photographers are standing to the right of the car.
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A six-year-old boy in shorts holding a cone full of candy and smiling sheepishly at the camera.
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Typewritten letter on a DIN A5 sheet bearing the letterhead of the district committee of Osthavelland
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Letter written in a child’s handwriting, decorated with colorful drawings.
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Handwritten certificate
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Document filled out by hand
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Group photo of nine adults and six children with an elderly lady sitting in the middle. The photo was taken in the garden and a large house and trees can be seen in the background.
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An open truck on the bed of which men sit crowded together on benches, some in uniform. The truck is driving down a street, accompanied by uniformed marchers. Passersby look on from the sidewalk.
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Green identification card filled out by hand with a passport photo and stamps from the university office.
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Sheet of paper with letterhead written on the front and back in ink.
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Handwritten letter on graph paper
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Postcard hastily written in pencil
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Typewritten letter with letterhead of the Lübeck Israelite Community
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Handwritten minutes covering two pages
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JUN
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Open passport with photo, stamps and handwritten entries
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Letter with a typewritten right-hand column
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Cover of a thin black album with a silver funeral motif depicting a gravestone inscribed with “Rest in Peace” and a weeping willow.
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Handwritten sheet of paper
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CREDITS