Winter Relief


Accession number: 2022.02.8.1

Stamp: Mi:DR 565, Sn:DE 448, Yt:dr 524, Sg:DR 562, UnDR 524

Postmark: Rectangular postmark featuring a person with their arms spread wearing a long garment with large sleeves.  A castle on a stick is in their left hand and flowers resting on the right.  A German skyline is behind them.

Artist: A.Berr

Historical background: The “Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes” (Winter Relief for the German People) was a charitable organization run under the Nationalist Socialist People’s Welfare. This postcard was used as a fundraising advertisement for the 1933/1934.