A Labour Book & Ld Card To Alice Hagel; Emil Köster Ag

A labour book, measuring 105x148mm, extremely fine condition with scuffing of the cover and two punched holes; a labour book replacement card, measuring 105x148mm, extremely fine condition with folding crease, light scuffing, and minimal soiling. The labour book is dated to February 7, 1936 and contains career information from 1927 to 1952. The replacement card is dated to July 1, 1953 and contains more information for that year.

Footnote: Alice Hagel, née Heller was born on May 14, 1904 in Berlin. She was married, but had no children. Without undergoing any form of higher education or even learning a trade, she still managed to have a successful career. Between 1927 and 1935, she worked for several businesses, however the names, as well as her position, are indecipherable, except the last entry, Hotel Excelsior, in 1935. Between 1935 and 1937, she worked for several (hotel) restaurants as a waitress, before switching to bookkeeping in 1938. That same year, she transferred to a company for electronics, Siemens & Halske. Her next employer in 1939 was Emil Köster AG, a former Jewish textile and leather company that was taken over in 1938. She went on to work for Albert Patin Fernsteuerungstechnik, a company that produced various devices for the German Luftwaffe, among them a remote indicating compass for the Ju 52. The next employer was Stock Motorpflug (motor plow), producing farming machinery. Until the end of the war, her bookkeeping activities continued, but for lower profile companies. After the war, she had to help in clean-up and rebuilding work, before becoming a cashier in a restaurant in 1951. By 1952, she was back to working in bookkeeping, this time for a food company. Her last known job appointment came in late 1953 as a clerk for the national economy development department of the German Democratic Republic.