Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Technische Sammlungen Dresden
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Measuring instruments
- Object Type
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Punched cards (aat)
- Physical Description
- In three pieces.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
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 tabulator was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Technische Sammlungen Dresden. The punch card was found inside the tabulator by museum staff.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:30:41
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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 [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] D11 tabulator](https://www.ushmm.org/media/emu/get?irn=521586&mm_irn=4553&file=secondary "Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] D11 tabulator")
Dehomag [Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen] D11 tabulator
Object
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.
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.
