NSDAP Membership Book (Mitgliedsbuch) issued to Karl Voss
A red-covered NSDAP membership booklet with a gilt party eagle and swastika emblem stamped on the cover. The interior pages record membership number 2,495,127 for Karl Voss, born 26 May 1936 in Nuernberg, with entry date of 1 Mai 1933 noted along with residence and occupation entries, and printed signature lines for "Der Fuehrer" and "Reichsschatzmeister" beneath a Munich issue line. The facing Personal-Ausweis page carries a photograph of the holder, his handwritten signature, and an embossed party stamp with additional issuing details noted for Detmold.
Booklets of this type served as the official membership record for the National Socialist party, combining personal identification with a running record of dues and status within the organization.
The membership number places this booklet within the large intake of applicants processed around the 1 May 1933 entry date, the point at which the NSDAP absorbed the wave of new members following Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in January 1933, prompting a temporary freeze on further admissions shortly afterward. Such books served as the standard internal record for party members, documenting dues payment, local branch (Ortsgruppe) affiliation, and status, and were countersigned in print by the Fuehrer and the Reichsschatzmeister (Reich Treasurer), the official responsible for party finances and membership administration. The birth date given for the holder indicates the booklet, though dated to 1933, would have been issued or reissued later, as membership documents for children were not a normal practice; this discrepancy is common in surviving Mitgliedsbuecher and reflects administrative record-keeping of the period rather than an unusual individual case.
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A red-covered NSDAP membership booklet with a gilt party eagle and swastika emblem stamped on the cover. The interior pages record membership number 2,495,127 for Karl Voss, born 26 May 1936 in Nuernberg, with entry date of 1 Mai 1933 noted along with residence and occupation entries, and printed signature lines for "Der Fuehrer" and "Reichsschatzmeister" beneath a Munich issue line. The facing Personal-Ausweis page carries a photograph of the holder, his handwritten signature, and an embossed party stamp with additional issuing details noted for Detmold.
Booklets of this type served as the official membership record for the National Socialist party, combining personal identification with a running record of dues and status within the organization.
The membership number places this booklet within the large intake of applicants processed around the 1 May 1933 entry date, the point at which the NSDAP absorbed the wave of new members following Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in January 1933, prompting a temporary freeze on further admissions shortly afterward. Such books served as the standard internal record for party members, documenting dues payment, local branch (Ortsgruppe) affiliation, and status, and were countersigned in print by the Fuehrer and the Reichsschatzmeister (Reich Treasurer), the official responsible for party finances and membership administration. The birth date given for the holder indicates the booklet, though dated to 1933, would have been issued or reissued later, as membership documents for children were not a normal practice; this discrepancy is common in surviving Mitgliedsbuecher and reflects administrative record-keeping of the period rather than an unusual individual case.
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