Kennkarte
Sign in to saveThe 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".
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Introduction of the identity card
- Identification card requirement
- Addition to forenames of Jewish citizens
- Implementation
- Onset of World War II
- Post-war period
- German occupied countries
- Poland
- References
- External links
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".
==Introduction of the identity card== thumb|Deutsches Reich Kennkarte with the Reichsadler national emblem: exterior view, issued to German citizens. thumb|Deutsches Reich Kennkarte: of the Trotskyism resistance fighter Maria Fischer, issued in annexed Vienne 5 October 1942, interior view. [[File:Hergershausen KK MZ Katz Ludwig.jpg|thumb|Kennkarte of [Israel] Ludwig Katz (the name Israel added to the forename), issued 13 April 1939, interior view. The prominent 'J' imprint indicates Jewish. Ludwig Katz was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp on 14 September 1943.]]
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