Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Small, narrow adhesive label to identify a Jewish doctor and state that the doctor can only treat Jewish patients. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, anti-Jewish legislation severely restricted Jewish participation in the medical profession. Jewish doctors were required to apply identifying labels to their offices, mail boxes, and correspondence.
- Date
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issue:
after 1933-before 1945
- Geography
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issue:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, right center, dark blue ink : Zur ärztlichen Behandlung / ausschliesslich von Juden / berechtigt. [For authorized medical Treatment exclusively for Jews]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Labels
- Object Type
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Adhesive labels (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small, narrow rectangular unused paper label. The front has a graphic design featuring, on the left, a dark blue Star of David within a yellow circle. On the right is a white rectangle with a yellow border, 3 lines of German text, and a dotted floral design on the lower corners. The background is dark blue with a white border. The reverse is covered with adhesive.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The adhesive label was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
- 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:
- 2023-04-27 14:52:54
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522112
Also in Nazi government Jewish propaganda collection
The collection consists of labels and postcards relating to restrictions regarding medical care and correspondence imposed upon Jews by the Nazi government, 1933-1945.
Date: after 1933
Postcards from Birkenau
Document
The two postcards were written by inmates at Birkenau concentration camp. One postcard is addressed from Karl Reiner to Frieda Prokesch, and the other is addressed from Pauline Neuschul to Karl Masojodek. The postcards are evidence of the Briefaktion des RSHA (Juden), or "Operation Mail," initiated by the Nazi government in the summer of 1942 to deceive the world about the "Final Solution." Jews were forced to write postcards or letters home falsely stating that they were in good health and doing well.
Square paper label with a Star of David to identify a Jewish doctor
Object
Square, adhesive label to identify a Jewish doctor and state that the doctor can only treat Jewish patients. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor in 1933, anti-Jewish legislation severely restricted Jewish participation in the medical profession. Jewish doctors were required to apply indentifying labels to their offices, mail boxes, and correspondence.
