Reichssippenamt
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Reichssippenamt
Founded in 1940
Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 250 Jews in Nazi Berlin : From Kristallnacht to Liberation / B. Meyer, H. Simon, C.C. Schütz. - Berlin, 2000. - p. 191
Originally called Reichstelle für Sippenforschung, after 1940 the Reichssippenamt. This agency was charged with the conducting investigations about being Jewish or of non-Jewish origin. It determined who was a Mischlinge and who was a pure Aryan. The Reichsstelle für Sippenforschung decided on descent in questionable cases and played a role in connection with the deportation of the Jews to extermination camps. The 'experts' in its employ produced certificates on descent relating to the racial classification of a person drawing on the supplementary forms, along with church records and documents in Jewish Community archives.