Language:
French
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Stammbaum; the Journal of German-Jewish Genealogy
Angaben zur Quelle:
25 (2004) 4-9; 26 (2005) 4-14
Keywords:
Jews Genealogy
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
Three fields of interest converged regarding the "Jewish question" in Wilhelmine Germany: genealogy, eugenic theories based on bio-genetics, and Teutonic myths. Notes that a wide interest in middle-class (as distinct from aristocratic) genealogy was imbued, from the very beginning, with antisemitism. With the advent of the Nazi era, genealogical research became a national and institutional activity. Dwells on the "Ahnenpass", the "ancestral passport" attesting to the "Aryan" pedigree of its owner and his spouse, which every civil servant in Nazi Germany had to produce if he wanted to pursue his career. Deals with the activities of the Reichssippenamt (RSA, Reich Kinship Office), as well as with its founder and first director, Achim Gercke, and his successor, Kurt Mayer. Discusses, also, material on Jewish genealogy found in the files of the RSA and its forerunner organizations.
Note:
In French: "Revue du Cercle de Généalogie Juive" 78, 79 (2004).
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