{"id":406,"date":"2025-09-04T13:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/henrich-i\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:50:42","slug":"henrich-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/post-cards\/henrich-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Henrich I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Accension Number: <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2022.02.8.43<\/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>No postmark<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This postcard displays an illustration of Henrich I, also known as Henry the Fowler, who was a significant figure in German History. He was born in 876 and died July 2, 936. Henrich was a German king and the founder of the Saxon dynasty (918-1024), he strengthened the East Frankish (German) army, encouraged the growth of towns, secured German borders against Pagen incursions, and brought the region of Lotharingia (Lorraine) back under German control in 925. Underneath the illustration a brief synopsis of Heinrich I is written:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"10\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:0,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"0\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Er hinterlie\u00df ein gro\u00dfes, weitreichendes Reich, das er nicht von seinen V\u00e4tern geerbt, sondern durch seine eigene Kraft gewonnen hatte.\u201c Which translates to: \u201eHe<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> left behind a large, far-reaching empire, which he did not inherit from his fathers, but won through his own strength.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">In 1936, Hitler\u2019s Schutzstaffel\u2014the SS\u2014began transforming a medieval castle abbey associated with King Henry into a Nazi worship center. This was largely headed by Heinrich Himmler, one of the most powerful members of the Nazi elite. Himmler oversaw the regime\u2019s mass atrocities, was a racist extremist that fantasized about conquests against foreigners and was a former Catholic that had become obsessed with mysticism and created his own neo-pagan religion. The legend of Heinrich I, Himmler believed, could be adapted to Nazi narratives. He referred to Heinrich as the founder of Germany\u2019s first \u201cReich\u201d and is quoted with saying: \u201cHe had the knowledge that the German people. . . must look beyond their own clan and their own space so as to align themselves with greater things.\u201d \u201cHis \u2018Slav wars\u2019 found the first step beyond the Elbe for German colonization. . . We present-day Germans perceive his meaning with complete clarity.\u201d Moreover, Himmler used the king\u2019s myth to validate genocidal SS policies; \u201cHe had the courage to create unpopular politics and had the wherewithal and the power to see them through.\u201d\u00a0<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accension Number: 2022.02.8.43 Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich\u00a0 No postmark &nbsp; This postcard displays an illustration of Henrich I, also known as Henry the Fowler, who was a significant figure in German History. He was born in 876 and died July 2, 936. 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