Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Dehomag D11 tabulator, with miscellaneous parts, of the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and this tabulating machine that computed the results.
- Date
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use:
1930-1939
- Geography
-
use:
Germany
manufacture: Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Technische Sammlungen Dresden
- Markings
- interior, left end, insulator, paper, green ink : IKA
exterior, left end, metal label, engraved : 450-40-90577
exterior, front, center, painted, gold : IBM
exterior, front left, top tag, engraved: EIGENTUM DER / IBM DEUTSCHLAND / INTERNATIONALE BURO MASCHINEN GESELLSCHAFT / STUTTGART M.B.H. BERLIN [Property of IMB Germany International Office Machinery Company]
exterior, front left, bottom tag, engraved: GLEICHSTROM (?) V / NENNAUFNAHME (?559?) W [direct current] / nominal power input] - Contributor
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Manufacturer:
Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft M.B.H
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Measuring instruments
- Object Type
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Tabulating machines (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Large, rectangular, electric powered tabulating machine with a white painted metal outer casing enclosing the mechanism, circuitry and wires. All sides have contoured, removable metal panels to access machinery. At the top are operating dials and the paper roller, punch card holder, and tabulator mechanisms.
b. Metal tray
c. Metal hook with plastic cover
d. Curved metal rod
e. Curved metal piece
f. Metal screw - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 52.375 inches (133.033 cm) | Width: 79.250 inches (201.295 cm) | Depth: 30.625 inches (77.788 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, plastic, glass, paint, rubber, cloth, rubber, ceramic, string, wood
- Inscription
- exterior, right end, pegboard, red paint : 514
right end, paper label, front, printed, black ink : Vordruck-Leitverlag Berlin / 1125 Berlin, Berliner Strasse 69 / 992024 E3041 / 500 Statze zu 2 Blatt (94) / Bei Reklamationen bitte dieses Etikett einsenden / I/21/3 [In case of complaints please send label]
right end, paper label, back, handwritten, black ink: Sleuern(?) / obslummen(?)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Calculators. Census--Data processing--Germany--20th century. Population research--Germany--History--20th century. Punched card systems. Tabulating machines--Germany--Lichterfelde (Berlin)
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Census--History--20th century. Germany--Statistical services--History--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Dehomag D11 tabulator was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Technische Sammlungen Dresden.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:11:47
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521586
Also in IBM-DEHOMAG tabulating machine collection
The collection consists of a three part Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] tabulating system: a Dehomag D11 tabulating machine, sorter, and puncher, four punch card facsimiles, and three user manuals of the type used by the Nazi regime in Germany to tabulate census data.
Date: 1930-1939
Dehomag D11 sorter
Object
Dehomag D11 sorting machine of the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, this sorting machine that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.
Dehomag D11 puncher
Object
Dehomag D11 puncher machine of the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, this punching machine that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.
Facsimile of a Dehomag D11 census punch card
Object
Facsimile of punch card used in the 1933 German census. This punch card was used with a Dehomag 11 tabulating system. which was the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.
Photocopy sheet with a facsimile of a Dehomag D11 census punch card
Object
Photocopy of a punch card facsimile used in the 1933 German census. This punch card was used with a Dehomag 11 tabulating system. which was the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.
Oversize facsimile of a Dehomag D11 census punch card
Object
Oversize facsimile of punch card used in the 1933 German census. This punch card was used with a Dehomag 11 tabulating system. which was the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.
Manual
Object
Manual explaining the control apparatus and use of a Hollerith punch card machine.User manual for Hollerith machine with diagrams of punch cards. Pamphlet with beige paper covers and inserted pages held with metal clamp.
Dehomag 11 punch card
Object
Torn punch card of the type used for processing results of the 1933 and 1939 German census during the Nazi regime (1933-1945). Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] was a German based subsidiary of the US company, IBM. The Hollerith machine was a punch-card system consisting of three components, a punching machine [1990.48.3] that transmitted information onto punch cards, a sorting machine [1990.48.2] that arranged the punch cards by categories, and the tabulating machine [1990.48.1] that computed the results.
