Accension Number: 2022.02.8.50 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich  Postmark: “REICHS-STRASSENSAMMLUNG” “Schaffende sammeln – Schaffende geben” 31.3.1940   The postcard shows an illustration of Freidrich Der Grosse, also known as Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Below the illustration of the man is a quote reading: “Das Volk, das ich liebe, ist der einzige Gott dem…

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.49 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich  No postmark   The postcard shows an illustration of Freidrich Der Grosse, also known as Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Below the illustration of the man is a quote reading: “Das Volk, das ich liebe, ist der einzige Gott dem ich diene” which translates to “The…

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.5 Stamp: Deutsches Reich 3 No postmark   The illustration on the front depicts a young child with blonde hair and angel wings. They are dressed in a military top hat with a swastika armband, and carrying a spear, arrows, and a horn. This represents a blend of traditional imagry with Nazi propganda:…

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.7 No stamp No postmark   The title of this postcard is “Der Weg ist frei – Die Saar kehrt Heim” and translates to “The Way is Free – the Saar Returns Home”. This is in relation to the Saar plebiscite of 1935, in which the League of Nations conducted a referendum on…

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.54 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reic Postmark: “KARL BRUHE BADEN” 10.7.41    The postcard is addressed to the following: “Fraulin Else Hasel bei Dzerunian Karlsruke Emil-Joffstr. 23” There is also some written text in the top left corner reading: “Abs. Itlara Granacher Karlsruze Gellertsh. 22”     On the back of the postcard is…

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.51 Stamp: 5+3 pfennig “Deutsches Reich” “Winterhilfswerk”  Postmark: “SCHAFFENDE SAMMELN — SCHAFFENDE GEBEN” 30.3.41   The postcard has no address; it is simply a large illustration related to “6. WHW Reichs-Straßensammlung” (6th WHW National Street Collection) which was held March 29-31, 1940. It features two butterflies and a prominent swastika symbol integrated with…

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.52 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich.   Postmark: “BRESLAU” 30.3.1941 “Schaffende sammeln — Schaffende geben” 7. WHW-REICHS-STRASSENSAMMLUNG   The postcard is addressed to “Herrn Fritz Zimmerling” at “Bunsenstr. 5” in “Breslau 23.  On the back of the postcard there is the same postmark as the front.  

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.56 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich.   No postmark   The postcard is blank of written text. Featured instead is an illustration of a worker with a hammer and a soldier with a rifle, accompanied by the slogan “Kämpfen, Arbeiten, Opfern” Fight, Work, Sacrifice).    

Accension Number: 2022.02.8.55  Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich.   No postmark   The postcard is blank of written text. Featured instead is an illustration of a worker with a hammer and a soldier with a rifle, accompanied by the slogan “Kämpfen, Arbeiten, Opfern” Fight, Work, Sacrifice).