{"id":394,"date":"2025-09-04T13:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/otto-von-bismarck\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:51:11","slug":"otto-von-bismarck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/post-cards\/otto-von-bismarck\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto von Bismarck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Accension Number: <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2022.02.8.46<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Stamp:<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW157930051 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157930051 BCX8\">6 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW157930051 BCX8\">Winterhilfswerk<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW157930051 BCX8\">Deutches<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW157930051 BCX8\"> Reich<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW157930051 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Postmark:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Illustrated on the postcard is Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of the German Empire and better known as \u201cDer eiserne Kanzler\u201d (The Iron Chancellor). A quote is printed beneath the illustration; \u201cEine feige Politik hat noch immer Ungl<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00fcck gebracht\u201d. This translates to \u201cA cowardly policy has always brought misfortune\u201d. It also includes his signature and death date (April 1, 1815\u2014July 30, 1898).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the Nazi party rose, the Nazis tried to co-opt Bismarck\u2019s legacy. Bismarck was a conservative, 19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> century statesman who unified Germany and had a complex relationship with antisemitism, seeing as he was willing to let the movement grow with little interference. As a matter of fact, Bismarck used it opportunistically to weaken liberal political opposition by allowing attacks on Jewish liberals. His inaction gave way to a debate in the Prussian parliament in 1880 that declared Jews to not be true Germans. On the same hand, despite his opportunism, Bismarck also publicly stated he disapproved of agitation against Jewish peoples, viewing it as a religious and racial matter. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis attempted to portray themselves as the heirs to Bismarck\u2019s legacy, however, historians agree the chancellor would have detested the Nazis and their ideology.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accension Number: 2022.02.8.46 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich\u00a0 Postmark:\u00a0 \u00a0 Illustrated on the postcard is Otto von Bismarck, the first Chancellor of the German Empire and better known as \u201cDer eiserne Kanzler\u201d (The Iron Chancellor). A quote is printed beneath the illustration; \u201cEine feige Politik hat noch immer Ungl\u00fcck gebracht\u201d. 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