Accession Number: 2022.02.10.4.5

Stamp:Nuremberg Rally.  Issued on August 30, 1935

Postmark:Commemorative Postmark ‘Reich Party Conference of the N.S.D.A.P. in Nuremberg’

Historical background: The Nuremberg rallies (officially Reichsparteitag, meaning Reich Party Congress) were a series of celebratory events coordinated by the Nazi Party in Germany. The first Nazi Nuremberg rally took place in 1923.  They played a seminal role in Nazi propaganda events, conveying a unified and strong Germany under Nazi control.  Marching contingents, parades, memorial events for the dead, and displays by the armed forces were intended to demonstrate strength and communal spirit.  The rallies became a national event once Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, when they became annual occurrences.  From 1927 on, they took place exclusively in Nuremberg.