Accession Number: 2022.02.4.24 Stamp:  [right] Deutsches Reich 1938 Ein Volk ein Reich ein Führer Ersttagsbrief Ostmark b. [left] Austria 1938 Rose and Zodiac signs Postmark: Am 10. April den Führer dein “Ja” On April 10th give the Führer your “Yes”   Salzburg 10.IV.38 Salzburg 10 April 1938   Braunau am Inn 20. April 1938 Des Führers…

Accession Number: 2022.02.2.110 Stamp: 749 Eupen Malmedy Wieder Deutsch 12 Pf 8 Deutsches Reich. This stamp depicts Eupen-Malmedy, a 20 to 50 km wide region located on the German-Belgian border. This region, originally part of Prussia and the German Empire, was incorporated into Belgium as a part of the Treaty of Versailles following World War…

Accession Number: 2022.02.4.33 Historical background: The Horst Wessel Song was the co-national anthem of the Nazi Party from 1930 to 1945. It was written in 1929 by Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel, a Sturmführer for the Sturmabteilung (SA, a Nazi Party paramilitary wing). Wessel wrote the song in 1929 as a demeaning imitation of music…

Accession Number: 2022.02.4.2 Stamp: 1936 Otto von Bismarck, Deutsches Reich, 6 Pfennig (dark green) Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (1815-1898) was a conservative German-Prussian statesman who oversaw the unification of Germany. As the first Chancellor of the German Empire, he deployed Realpolitik (a political philosophy in which power can be used at any cost in preservation…

Accession Number: 2022.02.12.5.11 Historical background: Postcards featuring Hitler interacting with the public helped to provoke admiration for his work ethic and connection to the German people. Postcards featuring Hitler with children also helped soften his ridgid political reputation. A collection of photographs from Hitler’s private life were released in a book called, The Hitler Nobody Knows.…

Accession Number: 2022.02.12.5.12 Stamp: Mi:DR-SL AS 4aK, 1938 Postmark: Red German eagle clutching a swastika in its talons. The text under the eagle read, “We have suffered, now we are free. The postmark is dated September 21, 1938. Historical background: Postcards featuring Hitler interacting with the public helped to provoke admiration for his work ethic…

Accession Number: 2022.02.13.12 Historical background: The Bolshevik radical communist party within the Russian Social Democratic Labour party emerged during the 1903 Party Congress following the split with the more moderate Mensheviks. After a period of intermittent collaboration and schism with the latter, the Bolshevik Party was formally constituted in 1912. In October 1917, the Bolshevik Party…

Accession Number: 2022.02.14.24 Artist: Gottfried Klein Stamp: The pre-printed stamp features Adolf Hitler standing at a podium Postmark: Two identical circular postmarks dated November 23rd, 1940 from Berlin celebrating 7 years of strength and warmth of the Nazi regime from the advertizing department. Historical background: This postcard was designed by Gottfried Klein and was published on…

Accession Number: 2022.02.14.49 Artist: Richard Borrmeister Stamp: Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), 2nd President.  Issued on April 4, 1938. Postmark: Both postmarks are from Nuremberg, the City of the Nazi party rallies Historical background: Oktoberfest is the world’s largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September…

Accession Number: 2022.02.12.5.5 Stamp:  Imprinted stamp was designed by Erich Stahl. The card was issued on 21 September 1936 and remained valid until 30 June 1937. Postmark: Weidhausen bei Coburg is a municipality in the southeastern portion of the Coburg district of Bavaria in Germany. Historical background: The official post card commemorating both the Winter Aid…