Payment on Termination of Employment
Object numberM2008/034:007
TitlePayment on Termination of Employment
DescriptionSingle-page typed document, in German, to employee Walter Plotke from OSRAM (a lighting fabrication company that was part of Siemens), on official letterhead. This document, dated 9 October 1933, states that OSRAM is ready to facilitate the transition to Walter's new "circumstance", ie, his employment being terminated because he is Jewish, by offering a one-off payment in advance to the last of August 1934. This is one of ten documents relating to Walter Plotke's employment and the anti-Jewish policies that led to his dismissal. 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 1933-10-09
Subjectemployment, discrimination in employment, retrenchments, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism
Object nameofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 295.00 mm
Language
- German (Summary of translation) Following our letter of 18 April 1933 "we declare ourselves ready" to facilitate the transition to your new "circumstances" by offering you a one-off payment in advance to the last of August 1934.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby