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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	Zeugnis Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2008/034:001 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Zeugnis [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Typed letter of reference, in German, on official letterhead from the office of Richard Feuer & Co., Gesellschaft fur Gasgluhlicht-Industrie (Society for the Gas Light Industry) in Berlin, dated 15 November 1920. It serves as a reference for Walter Plotke's apprenticeship there. It reports that Walter's performance was good on all accounts and that the company would keep him on as a correspondent after his training was completed. 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. [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Berlin, Germany [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1920-11-15 [nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]employment, apprenticeships, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism, discrimination in employment [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]references [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]paper [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] width: 223.00 mm height: 290.00 mm [nb-NO]Language[nb-NO] German [nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby

[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2008/034:001

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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Typed letter of reference, in German, on official letterhead from the office of Richard Feuer & Co., Gesellschaft fur Gasgluhlicht-Industrie (Society for the Gas Light Industry) in Berlin, dated 15 November 1920. It serves as a reference for Walter Plotke's apprenticeship there. It reports that Walter's performance was good on all accounts and that the company would keep him on as a correspondent after his training was completed. 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.

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Berlin, Germany

[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1920-11-15

[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]employment, apprenticeships, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism, discrimination in employment

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[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby

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