Overview
- Description
- One "Arbeitsbuch" issued to a Polish worker of German ancestry, in Kattowitz (Katowice), 1940. The worker, Anton Wilda, was born in Domb (Dąb) in 1893, and was employed in the coal mining industry of that region. During the period of this document, he appeared to have been employed "Steinkohlenbergwerk Max," and lived in Michalkowitz (present day Siemianowice Śląskie). His permit shows him to have acquired German citizenship through his ancestry, following German occupation of this region.
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana Treister
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Identification documents.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Michałkowice (Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Arbeitsbuch (work book) was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Diana Treister in 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:43:26
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The collection consists of a rubber stamp, and an employment book, or Arbeitsbuch, issued to Anton Wilda, a Polish worker of German ancestry in Katowice, Poland, during the Holocaust.
Date: approximately 1940-1944
