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 on February 26th, 1935, and the "Arbeitsbuch" 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: Nice complete example with small black and white photograph. Also included is a Work Card for Polish workers from the General Government of Poland. Both belong to "Biernat Ferdynand". All handwritten entries are photographed.