Payment on Termination of Employment
Numero oggettoM2008/034:008
TitoloPayment on Termination of Employment
DescrizioneTwo-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 17 October 1933, indicates that OSRAM will pay Walter 9,545.30 RM for wages due during the "transition" period between when he was asked to go on leave, in September 1933, and his actual date his dismissal, 31-8-1934. His employment was terminated because he was Jewish. 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.
Luogo di produzioneBerlin, Germany
Data 1933-10-17
Soggettoemployment, discrimination in employment, retrenchments, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism, wages
Nome oggettoofficial correspondence
Materialepaper
Dimensioni
- page 1 width: 210.00 mm
height: 295.00 mm
page 2 width: 210.00 mm
height: 330.00 mm
Lingua
- German (Summary of translation) As requested by you and approved by our headquarters, herewith due wages amouonting to RM 9545.30. Please acknowledge receipt.
Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby

