Holocaust. Pruefungsergebnis (Ariernachweis) Examination result (Aryan proof) 1939, Wien
The certificate indicates that the applicant Franz Wieland (Kunstler (Artist) Name Franz Westen) Actor,
belongs to the Aryan race.
apparently the owner of the certificate pretended to be Arier, survived the Holocaust and came to Israel
as the certificate comes from the archive of a Jewish family,
Soze: 21 x 30 cm. (8.2 x 11.8 inches)
Light wear, bend across.
The "Ariernachweis" (small proof of descent) was an official document that certified the applicant as to which descent he or she was with regard to Jewish or "Aryan". It was made mandatory by the National Socialists in Germany in 1935 and in Austria in 1938. The classification of the population as “Jews” or “Aryans” was based on a racial anti-Semitic ideology that led to the exclusion of Jews, social ostracism, their complete expropriation, expulsion and ultimately murder in the Holocaust.