Identity documents of Nazi Germany

document which certified that a person was a member of the presumed Aryan race

thumb|Front page of an Ahnenpass, with a Parteiadler (Reichsadler|Eagle of the Party) of the NSDAP, looking on its left thumb|Inner page of the Ahnenpass of Dutch rower Tjapko van Bergen, with a Reichsadler (Eagle of the Reich) of the [[Nazi Germany, looking on its right]] thumb|Pages of an Ahnenpass thumb|Page 41 The Ahnenpaß (literally, "ancestor pass") documented the Aryan lineage of people "of German blood" in Nazi Germany. It was one of the forms of the Aryan certificate (Ariernachweis) and issued by the "Reich Association of Marriage Registrars in Germany" (Reichsverband der Standesbeamt

cloth emblems; part of the system of identification in Nazi concentration camps

The Kennkarte served as the basic identification document issued to German nationals from the age of 15 onwards, with place of residence or permanent residence in the territory of Germany during the Third Reich era, and extended to include citizens of German-occupied territories. It was introduced through the ordinance on identity cards of July 22, 1938 (RGBl. I p. 913) as a "police-issued general domestic identity card".