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Ahnenpass and Deutsches Einheits-Familienstammbuch

(Aryan Family Tree Record and Family Tree Book)

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The Ahnenpass was published by order of the NSDAP. The entire purpose of this document was to prove and record the Aryan descent of one individual. The Ahnenpass was a 48-pages document where all ancestors to line 63 and beyond could be documented. All entries had to be checked and notarized by either a church registrar or municipal registrar office. It was a mandatory document for NSDAP members, officers in the Wehrmacht and for the SS Aryan descent was a must anyway. The Ahnenpass came in a variation of different covers. The 135 x 210mm book-like 60-pages Familien-Stammbuch existed long before the Nazis came to power but the concept of recording a family tree was greatly expanded in 1938 in Third Reich Germany. A Stammbuch was given to each couple at the time of their marriage (this is still the case in todays Germany). There were forms to record every birth and death in the family, the entries had to be made and notarized by the municipal Registrar's Office. The document also contained a fold-out "Ahnentafel" (lineage table) and space to enter important religious events such as baptisms and confirmations. At the end of the Stammbuch was a very interesting dictionary of Nazi terms and a list of typical and traditional German names for potential children.

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