Collection GB 1556 WL 790 - Gestapo, Essen: letter on Jews wearing the yellow star

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GB 1556 WL 790

Title

Gestapo, Essen: letter on Jews wearing the yellow star

Date(s)

  • 1941 (Creation)

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1 item

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Biographical history

The Geheime Staatspolizei or Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany, under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel (SS).

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GB 1556 WL 790 1941 collection 1 item Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei

The Geheime Staatspolizei or Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany, under the overall administration of the Schutzstaffel (SS).

Jewish Central Information Office

Copy of a letter from the Gestapo, Essen, to the Gestapo, Düsseldorf on the reaction of Jews to the wearing of the Star of David from evidence in confiscated letters, parts of which are quoted here, 27 Sep 1941.

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

German

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Mar 2008 Antisemitism Düsseldorf Essen Europe Germany Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei Jews Nazism North Rhine-Westphalia Political doctrines Racial discrimination Religious groups Third Reich Totalitarianism Western Europe

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Jewish Central Information Office

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Copy of a letter from the Gestapo, Essen, to the Gestapo, Düsseldorf on the reaction of Jews to the wearing of the Star of David from evidence in confiscated letters, parts of which are quoted here, 27 Sep 1941.

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Open

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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German

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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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