Accession Number: 2022.02.10.9.19 Stamp: Green 6 Pfennig Deutsches Reich Postmark: Tirschenreuth 29.3.37 16-17 Front: A photograph of young boys at the beginning of a “wagon race” at the Düsseldorf Jugendhaus, a summer camp hosted by St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Düsseldorf. Back:  An Hans Breindl Parsberg (Ügf) No. 76 Lieber Hans, Habe Deinen Brief erhalten. Kann…

Accession Number: 2022.02.9.9 Front: Wenn ich Urlaub hab’ Worte von Ralph Maria Siegel (Musik von Gerhard Winkler) Heute gehts hinaus, weit fort von dir, für das liebe Vaterland. Darum reich nochmal zum Abschied mir deinen Mund und deine hand! Nun ade, es muß sein, nun ade, bleibe mein und vergiß nicht, wenn ich draußen bin, präg…

Accession Number: 2022.02.5.5 Stamp: Green eagle 5 Mark Deutsche Luftpost Postmark: Lauenstein (Oberer) 42. Deutsche Philatelistentag 6.-7. Juni 1936 Front: A depiction of the historic city center of Aschersleben, a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The design of this postcard was intended to advertise a 1936 Philatelist conference (for German-speaking stamp collectors). The same message was…

Accession Number: 2022.02.4.68 Stamp: Green 6 Mark Reichsparteitag 1934 Nüremberg Postmark: Riesa, 20.9.1934 Front:  A map of German population distribution in Czechoslovakia titled “The Germans in Czechoslovakia.” From the legend, solid red depicts Sudeten Germans (ethnic Germans living in the Sudetenland, a region bordering Germany and Austria), red stripes depict all other German populations, solid…

Accession Number: 2022.02.10.9.8 Front: A photograph representing “camp life” at the Jugendhaus Düsseldorf, a summer camp hosted by St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Düsseldorf. Children are engaging in a musical performance dressed in camp uniforms. Back:  Herrn Bezirkspräses Bakhaus Berg-Gladbach Steegerkanz 2 Grüß Gott! Lieber grüses! Zu Ihren Namens beste wünschen wir Ihnen viel glück…

Accession Number: 2022.02.7.7 Stamp: 1936 Otto von Bismarck, Deutsches Reich, 6 Pfennig (dark green) Front: The front of the postcard depicts the Reichsadler (Nazi eagle) perched on the symbol of the Red Cross, with the caption, “Help the helpers in the German Red Cross” (Helft helfen im Deutschen Roten Kreuz). [Addressed] Fräulein Hanne Krümmel Hösel…

Accession Number: 2022.02.10.5.8 Stamp: Green Reichsparteitag 1943 Nürnberg 6 Mark stamp Postmark: Nürnberg-hof bahnpost (Nurmberg station train mail service) Historical background: Medieval imagery was used in Nazi propaganda to portray their actions as the restoration of venerated German history and folklore. In the case of this postcard, generic medieval imagery was likely used for the 1934…

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…

Accession Number: 2022.02.10.3.14 Stamp: N/A Postmark: N/A Historical background: One aspect of the Hitler’s strategy to integrate the Nazi Party into the values of German citizens was to control trade unionism. In furtherance of this plan, he created the German Labor Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF) to take over leadership of the existing workers organization, the…

Accession Number: 2022.02.10.4.4 Stamp: Green Deutsches Reich 6 mark stamp Postmark: September 13th, 1935 Reichsparteitag der NSDAP in Nürnberg vom 10. Bis 16. Sept. 1935 Historical background: This postcard is signed by Heinrich Gottfried Otto Richard von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel. He was a German general (Generaloberst) of the Wehrmacht during World War II, as well…