Accession Number: 2022.02.10.5.4

Historical background:

The artist is Gustav Goetschel from Fürth, Bavaria. He graduated with a degree in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1921 and was employed by the NSDAP to paint propaganda materials starting in 1933.

Front:

A depiction of Adolf Hitler with two other men in the background. A partial view of Nuremberg with the Imperial Castle, the towers of the city wall, and the spires of St. Sebaldus Church is visible below the men. At the bottom is a depiction of a horse-drawn caravan, accompanied by a horseback medieval knight and soldiers on foot, led by a man holding a Reichsadler (Nazi eagle) flag.

Nürnberger Tand geht durch alle Land
Nürnberg die Stadt der Reichsparteitage

Nuremberg trinkets spread throughout the country
The city of the Nuremberg Rallies

Back:

The postcard is blank and unsent.