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Facsimile of Hollerith punch card used in a 1933 Berlin population and vocational census.

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    Facsimile of Hollerith punch card used in a 1933 Berlin population and vocational census.
    Facsimile of Hollerith punch card used in a 1933 Berlin population and vocational census. USHMM P.E. LABEL: "The Hollerith Machine sophisticated technology helped the regime locate its victims quickly and efficiently. At the time, Holleriths were the best data processing devices available. The sorter on the left used contact brushes to sort punch-cards according to specific criteria. The tabulator on the right counted the already sorted cards. Hollerith machines tabulated national census data in 1933 and 1939; during the war, the SS used them to manage the huge numbers of prisoners shipped in and out of concentration camps. The machines were manufactured by a firm called DEHOMAG, for "Deutsche Hollerith-Machinen Gesellschaft" (German to Hollenith Machine Company). DEHOMAG has been a subsidiary of IBM since 1922."

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    Facsimile of Hollerith punch card used in a 1933 Berlin population and vocational census.

    USHMM P.E. LABEL: "The Hollerith Machine sophisticated technology helped the regime locate its victims quickly and efficiently. At the time, Holleriths were the best data processing devices available. The sorter on the left used contact brushes to sort punch-cards according to specific criteria. The tabulator on the right counted the already sorted cards. Hollerith machines tabulated national census data in 1933 and 1939; during the war, the SS used them to manage the huge numbers of prisoners shipped in and out of concentration camps. The machines were manufactured by a firm called DEHOMAG, for "Deutsche Hollerith-Machinen Gesellschaft" (German to Hollenith Machine Company). DEHOMAG has been a subsidiary of IBM since 1922."
    Date
    1933 September 04
    Locale
    Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
    Variant Locale
    Berlin-Buckow
    Berlin-Mariendorf
    Berlin-Ploetzensee
    Berlin-Reinickendorf
    Berlin-Tempelhof
    Berlin-Wannsee
    Berlin-Schlachtensee
    Berlin-Duppel
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.48.4-.6

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    2022-03-11 00:00:00
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