Description
WWII GERMAN ARBEITSBUCH FÜR AUSLÄNDER – POLISH MALE LABORER – FLENSBURG 1944
DESCRIPTION
Original WWII German Arbeitsbuch für Ausländer issued to Wladyslaw Blaszik, a Polish civilian laborer born on July 16, 1913, in Gniew, Kreis Konitz. His nationality is recorded as stateless, with Polish ethnicity noted separately.
DOCUMENT DETAILS
The Arbeitsbuch was issued on February 2, 1944, by Arbeitsamt Flensburg, Nebenstelle Kappeln, in Schleswig-Holstein. It contains his original identification photograph, officially stamped in two locations.
Of particular interest is the photograph showing Blaszik wearing the compulsory “P” identification badge on his jacket, along with a numbered labor identification tag. Polish civilian laborers in Nazi Germany were required to display the distinctive “P” badge on their clothing under regulations introduced in 1940.
The book records his previous occupation as Landarbeiter from November 1941 until October 1942. His subsequent employment is listed with Peter Steffensen in Riesby, near Schleswig, as a Landwirtschaftlicher Arbeiter, beginning in October 1942.
HISTORICAL INTEREST
An interesting example of the documentation associated with Polish civilian laborers employed in wartime Germany. The original identification photograph displaying the compulsory “P” badge is particularly noteworthy, illustrating the discriminatory identification requirements imposed upon Polish workers under the Nazi labor system.
