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On the internet we found Gerstenberg appeared in several UfA movies in the 1930s including Der schwarze Walfisch, Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau and Pechmarie.

This original 87+ year old oilcloth RKK membership identity document is in very nice condition, exactly as shown, 100% original.

The Reichskulturkammer (RKK or State Chamber of Culture) was a very complex and important department of the German government. Without exception, anyone and everyone involved in "all forms of artistic creation or activity which are made public, appear in print or are transmitted through the air" were required to be members and carry an identification card from one of the chambers of the Reichskulturkammer in order to be employed anywhere in Germany, or German occupied territory.

Those chambers included the Motion Picture Chamber, the Chamber of Visual Arts, the Literature Chamber, Press Chamber, Theater Chamber, Music Chamber and Radio Chamber. The Presidents of each chamber formed a National Advisory Committee which was supplemented by a Reich Culture Senate composed of "persons of outstanding cultural attainments". Along with Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (State Minister for National Community Clarification and Publicity), these people oversaw every aspect of everything that got into print or was performed in Nazi Germany.

This is the original Third Reich Mitglieds Ausweis or membership identity document for movie actor Reinhold Gerstenberg, a member of the Fachschaft Film (Professional Group Movies) of the Reichsfilmkammer (State Movie Chamber) of the Reichskulturkammer.

Reinhold Gerstenberg’s Ausweis number 307 has his signature and address under the original 40 x 50 mm ID photo. The ID photo has its original staples and is correctly over-stamped in the lower right hand corner.

The 4-panel leinen identity document measures about 5-1/2 x 8 inches (folds to 4 x 5-1/2 inches), and was issued in Berlin on 30 April 1937. It is complete with the signatures of three Reichsfilmkammer officers. Please note that our pictures make the ID look quite yellow. The actial color is “SA brown”.