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Confirmation of Payment on Termination of Employment
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2008/034:009
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Confirmation of Payment on Termination of Employment
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Single-page typed letter, in German, from employee Walter Plotke to OSRAM (a lighting fabrication company that was part of Siemens). This letter, dated 17 October 1933, indicates that all monies owed to Walter Plotke upon his dismissal (because he was Jewish) had been received. 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.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Cologne, Germany
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1933-10-17
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]employment, discrimination in employment, retrenchments, pre-World War II, Pre-war life, antisemitism, wages
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]financial documents
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]paper
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 280.00 mm
[nb-NO]Language[nb-NO]
- German (Summary of translation) All monies owed by OSRAM and the Sales Department have been paid by cheque from the Deutsche Bank on 17-10-1933 and that no further monies are owed.
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ann Kirby