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Actions Displays	job offer Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2008/034:003 Titlejob offer DescriptionTyped letter, in German, on official letterhead from OSRAM (a lighting company) in Berlin, dated 27 March 1928. It is a personal letter to Walter Plotke offering him the job of "external representative" in Cologne. This letter is one of ten documents recording Walter's employment at Richard Feuer & Co. and OSRAM from 1920 to 1933, when his employment was terminated because he was a Jew. These documents illustrate the implementation of discrimination tactics against Jews in the German workforce during the build-up to WWII. Production placeBerlin, Germany Production date 1928-03-27 Subjectemployment, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism, discrimination in employment Object nameofficial correspondence Materialpaper Dimensions width: 220.00 mm height: 290.00 mm Language German Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby

Object numberM2008/034:003

Titlejob offer

DescriptionTyped letter, in German, on official letterhead from OSRAM (a lighting company) in Berlin, dated 27 March 1928. It is a personal letter to Walter Plotke offering him the job of "external representative" in Cologne. This letter is one of ten documents recording Walter's employment at Richard Feuer & Co. and OSRAM from 1920 to 1933, when his employment was terminated because he was a Jew. These documents illustrate the implementation of discrimination tactics against Jews in the German workforce during the build-up to WWII.

Production placeBerlin, Germany

Production date 1928-03-27

Subjectemployment, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism, discrimination in employment

Object nameofficial correspondence

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby

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