We recently found a family tree for our German line. It includes numbers for each person listed on the tree, which is what I believe these numbers reference, but the tree is sealed and dated with something that looks official, and the seal includes a swastika. Can anyone provide context as to why this tree might have been prepared, and why it looks like it was officially stamped/sealed?
http://i.imgur.com/ADlUXmK.png
Another forum had the thought that government employees would have had to prove their Aryan bloodline to a certain degree. One or more of the individuals on the tree worked for the government, so if that requirement is true, that might be a possibility. I've also read about the law passed in 1933 that encouraged Aryan population increase, so I was curious if this might be due to that. As far as I know, though, we wouldn't have anyone who would have expected children around 1936.
I also have photos of my great uncle in German military uniforms at that time - would they have required this?
Thank you in advance! We're perplexed.
The text is basically an official authentication of the tree by the Standesamt (civil registry office). As has been said in the other forum you mention, this was the so called "Abstammungsnachweis" which was required for any government position, as well as for a membership in the NSDAP.