Schöneberg Signs
"Places of Memory"

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"We had a Parakeet. When the regulation reached us that having pets was forbidden to Jews, my husband could not part from this animal. (...) Perhaps someone informed against him, because one day, my husband received a summons to the Gestapo. (...) After many fearfully lived weeks, I got a card from the police that I was to fetch the urn of my husband after paying a fee of 3.-RM." Report from 1943.Getting doctorates is forbidden for Jews, (4/15/37)

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Post-office clerks married to Jews will be retired, (6/8/37)Berlin public baths and swimming pools may not be entered by Jews, (12/3/38)


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Journalists must prove their Aryan descent back to the year 1800 for themselves and their spouse, (4/15/36) All motor vehicle licenses of Jews are declared invalid and must be returned, (12/3/38)


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