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RAD & Munitions Worker Arbeitsbuch – Also Dental Assistant – Anna Margarete Diffine – Arbeitsamt Straßburg
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OriginalDeutschesReichArbeitsbuchissuedtoAnnaMargareteDiffine,bornon14April1924inOffweiler,KreisHagenau.ThebookletretainsitsoriginalbrowncoverwithReichsadlerandswastikaandremainsingoodoverallconditionwithclearhandwrittenentriesandofficialstamps.HerresidenceislistedasBuchsweiler,Hanau-Lichtenbergstraße91.TheArbeitsbuchbearsaclearofficialstampfromtheArbeitsamtStraßburg,NebenstelleZabern,dated3October1941.Thedocumentrecordsseveralwartimeserviceentries.DiffineperformedserviceintheReichsarbeitsdienstfrom5April1943until29October1943wheresheislistedasanArbeitsmaid.ShortlyafterwardssheservedwithintheK.H.D. (Kriegshilfsdienst)from30October1943until10August1944wheresheisrecordedasworkingasaMunitionsarbeiterin.TheseentriesreflectthetypicalwartimelaborobligationsforyoungGermanwomenofhergeneration.Anotherinterestingentryinthebookletshowsthatshewasalsoemployedearlierasadentalassistant (Hausgehilfin)atthedentalpracticeofK.PrachtinBuchsweiler,beginning1January1941andcontinuinguntil31December1944.ThiscombinationofcivilianemploymenttogetherwithcompulsorywartimeservicemakestheArbeitsbuchparticularlyinterestingasitdocumentsbothherprofessionandherwartimeduties.AveryniceandwellpreservedexampleofaThirdReichlabordocumentwithmultiplehistoricallyinterestingentries.