Genealogical Office
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The Genealogical Office was a Nazi-era SS institution responsible for researching and verifying the racial ancestry of individuals according to the regime’s ideological criteria.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Genealogical Office canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi SS institution
ⓘ
racial policy office ⓘ |
| appliesPolicy |
Nazi racial ideology
ⓘ
Nuremberg Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archives |
family lineage charts
ⓘ
genealogical files on individuals ⓘ racial classification documents ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
exclusion of people classified as non‑Aryan
ⓘ
marriage control within the SS ⓘ persecution of Jews ⓘ selection processes for SS membership ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dissolved | after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 ⓘ |
| ethicalAssessment | instrument of racial persecution and discrimination ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
genealogical investigation
ⓘ
racial ancestry research ⓘ racial policy enforcement ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ancestry of individuals in Nazi Germany
ⓘ
classification of people by racial criteria ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
screening for so‑called racial purity
ⓘ
support for SS personnel selection ⓘ support for marriage approvals within the SS ⓘ verification of Aryan ancestry ⓘ |
| ideology |
Nazism
ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ scientific racism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Nazi racial legislation
ⓘ
Nuremberg racial laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Germany ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bureaucratic enforcement of racial laws
ⓘ
systematic documentation of ancestry for Nazi purposes ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
SS Race and Settlement Main Office
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schutzstaffel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposesGroup |
Jews in Nazi racial classification
ⓘ
Roma and Sinti in Nazi racial classification ⓘ other groups deemed racially undesirable by the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| partOf | SS administrative apparatus ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | National Socialist German Workers Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical research on Nazi racial bureaucracy ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ Nazi era ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
church register examination
ⓘ
civil registry examination ⓘ family tree reconstruction ⓘ genealogical records analysis ⓘ |
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