Blank diplomatic ausweis document retrieved by US soldier Harry S. Kent
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overall: Height: 3.880 inches (9.855 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
The blank diplomatic ausweiss is one of several artifacts of high ranking Nazi party members retrieved by United States soldier Harry S. Kent while serving in Europe during World War II (1939-1945). He was a Viennese Jewish refugee, born Siegmund Katz, who returned to Europe as a soldier with the US Army. The artifacts were likely collected as evidence by the US Army following the war.
The ausweiss was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Iris Kent Benyishay, Judy Kent Galioto and Dorothy Kent, the daughters of Harry S. Kent.
Rectangular, bi-fold, red, cloth-covered booklet with stiff covers containing a blank, pre-printed, black ink, diplomatic identity document within. The front cover is stamped and with a Reichsadler, an eagle with outstretched wings looking to the left and clutching a swastika in its talons, above two lines of German text. The eagle and text are filled-in with gold-colored paint.