F03_P02: Persecution of Jews
1936 March 18, Front side - Post card forbidding Jews from voting and voter registration.
Tan post card with printed German address in black ink. At the top left is an instruction in German which states "Rückseite beachten" or "Observe back" in English. Along the right side are a series of rubber stamps in red ink. There are two oval shaped stamps which read "Deutsches Reich" and present the number 3 in the center. Additionally, there are two cancellation stamps from Munich dated March 18th, 1936. The faded stamp near the bottom reads "29.3.1936 Wahl vollzogen!" in German or "Election performed on March 29th, 1936" in English.
Name/Title
F03_P02: Persecution of JewsEntry/Object ID
2007.3.2Scope and Content
1936 March 18, post card forbidding Jews from voting and voter registration.Context
The succession of anti-Jewish laws in Nazi Germany started on April 7, 1933, with legislation the removed Jews from civil service and the practice of law. German Jews lost their citizenship and most political rights on September 15, 1935; a November 14, 1935, decree deprived Jews of the right to vote. This March 8, 1936, post card announces the March 29 Reichstag election, and notifies the recipient where her polling place is located. The address side is headed, “Pay attention to reverse!” There the text states: Registration in the voter list or the possession of this card in themselves offer no evidence of the right to vote. Jews are specifically excluded from the right to vote in accordance with Section 5 of the first decree of the Reich citizenship law of November 14, 1935. It goes on to define a Jew legally by criteria of ancestry, religious practice, or marriage, and requires any Jewish recipient of the card to return it immediately to authorities. “Whoever, without being entitled to vote, casts a ballot, will be punished by imprisonment and a fine, or one of those penalties.” Metered postage, 3-pfennig printed matter rate.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material