Ahnenpass

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