Permission to Marry Under Occupation

Original wartime correspondence concerning a marriage request within the Dutch State Police.

The document relates to a sergeant (wachtmeester) of the State Police, attached to the Police Training Battalion in Schalkhaar. The request was submitted on August 16, 1943, and officially approved on November 8 of the same year.

At the Schalkhaar Police Training Battalion, administrative control extended deeply into personal lives, with formal permission required even for marriage. This document illustrates that intersection between private life and institutional authority during the occupation period.

Material from this environment is seldom encountered, as records connected to the Dutch State Police often remained within closed or sensitive archives after the war.

A telling and personal document that adds a human dimension to an otherwise rigid administrative system.