BACKGROUND: One of the NSDAP’s most ambitious, and successful, projects was the elimination of the overwhelming unemployment suffered in Germany following WWI. To achieve this goal, a national labor registration law was enacted in February of 1935, and the "Arbeitsbuch" (Labor-book) was instituted, as a record of an individual’s employment history. The "Arbeitsbuch" underwent three minor modifications during the Third Reich, with the first pattern book issued in 1935, a second pattern in 1939, and a third pattern in 1942.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Interesting grouping of three documents all belonging to the same Women. A first pattern Arbeitsbuch, a plain covered Arbeitsbuch and a separate two fold sheet dated from 1967. See photos for details.