[Below: Here is a postcard of Adolf Hitler's family tree.]
[Below: Here is another genealogical table (Ahnentafel).]
[Below: This is an Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). This is a booklet for genealogy and is the most common version that you'll find out in the wild. Enemy propaganda would have you believe that the Germans were obsessed with who was Aryan and who was not, because I guess only 'Nazis' would be interested in ancestry, right? (someone better tell 23andMe and Ancestry.com!)]
[Below: Within the Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). Here is some sort of strange stamp... I've collected every kind of Third Reich stamp in existence and I've never seen this one before.]
[Below: This is another Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). It says: 'Deutsches Einheits: Familienstammbuch' (German Unity: Family record book). Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is another Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). It says: 'Deutsches Einheits: Familienstammbuch' (German Unity: Family record book). Unlike the book above, which has a cloth cover, this has a paper cover. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is another Ahnenpass (Ancestral Passport). It says: 'Ahnenspiegel - Ahnen=Kurzpaß' (Ancestral Mirror - Ancestors = short pass). This also has a paper cover. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is a neat one with a cool eagle.]
[Below: This is a genealogy book from the 1960s. 'Stammbuch' means 'Family Book'. It would appear that nothing has changed and Germans are still Nazis, since only Nazis are interested in genealogy, right? Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is a heavy, quality book. It says: Familien Stammbuch' (Family Register). It also contains some documents and a strange tax stamp (see below). Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is interesting due to the National Socialist stamp next to the East Germany DDR stamp on the bottom. Click to see inside.]
[Below: A strange and boring tax stamp from 1955. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Document #1. This is a 'Trau-Schein' (Marriage certificate). Click to see inside.]
[Below: Document #2. This is a 'Sterbeurkunde' (Death certificate). Click to see inside.]
[Below: Document #3. Another 'Sterbeurkunde' (Death certificate). Click to see inside.]
[Below: Document #4. Another 'Sterbeurkunde' (Death certificate). Click to see inside.]
[Below: This book looks similiar to the types above, but it is different. It contains a very cool tax stamp that I've never seen before. Wow. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Here is the page with the tax stamp. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Wow, that's neat. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Another strange tax stamp. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Fabric version, but with a strange tax stamp from 1976. The family used this book for decades, then for one reason or another they stopped (probably the children didn't want to continue the tradition after the parents died). I always wonder how personal things like this get into the collector's market... Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamp. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This book is ancient-looking! How old it is I do not know, but it has old Prussian stamps in it and goes into the Third Reich. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Pages within. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is an interesting-looking one. Click to see inside.]
[Below: The first page has a Third Reich tax stamp with art showing a tree (family tree). Click to see inside.]
[Below: Close-up. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This one uses a unique index tab system to better organize it. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is a very quality, hardbound version, with an interesting tax stamp. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamp. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This one has a simple, clean look to it. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Another quality hardback version. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Another quality hardback version, with heavily embossed title. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This one is heavily filled out. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamps. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is a softback version. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is a cloth version with several interesting tax stamps. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamps. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamp. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Quality cardboard cover version with several interesting tax stamps. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Marriage certificate. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Death certificate from the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (Russian occupied east Germany).]
[Below: Tax stamps from the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (Russian occupied east Germany).]
[Below: Cloth version with a variety of interesting tax stamps. This goes all the way up to 2014! Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamps. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Tax stamp.]
[Below: Tax stamps. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This is an NSDAP 'Prüfungsergebnis' {Examination result}, or 'kleinen Abstammungsnachweis' {small proof of descent}. The results are 'Deutschblütig (arisch)' (German-blooded {Aryan}). This folds out into a large piece of paper.]
[Below: Reverse.]
[Below: This is a 'Kleiner Arier=Nachweis' {Small Aryan = proof}. This is folds out to be HUGE and is made from a robust material commonly called 'oilskin' and was used throughout the Third Reich. Click to see inside.]
[Below: Another example of a strange tax stamp.]
