Gift of Barbara H. Urbach Lissner

Id no. 151.91.1-2, Document, German

January 16 1939, South America, Altona, Argentina, Stockholm, Sweden, Germany, Asia, Japan

Subject(s):  Race laws

As of October 5,1938, German Jews were required to have the letter "J" stamped in their passports. As of January 1, 1939, all Jews who did not have a clearly recognizable Jewish name were forced to take the middle names of "Israel" (for men) and "Sara" (for women).