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Linus
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Great discovery story. I wonder how much of the original building decorative items as shown still exist?
Bruce
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According to the link below, the building is being restored as a museum. The original statues were removed a long time ago, but replicas will be made to replace them as part of the museum's refurbishment.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/museum-planned-to-document-nazi-land-reclamation-project-a-864515.html
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Thanks, Linus!
Bruce
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My pleasure, Bruce! According to the article in the link, this building was scheduled to be completed in 2017 as a museum. Maybe one of our Stamporama members from Germany can give us an update someday if they read this post.
Linus
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Neat items, linus!
Noticed that both cards were apparently sent by the same person, on the same day. And, to two different women, both with the salutation "Liebe". Hmmm...
The first one, at least, appears to be ceremonially cancelled.
Is there any significance to the February 4, 1938 CDS?
I would guess this might be a dedication date for the facility.
What's the English word for "koog"? Doesn't work in the Google translator...
Thanks for sharing.
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Koog in German translates to polder in English, and according to my Webster Dictionary, polder is a noun meaning "a tract of land reclaimed from the sea."
As far as the date, February 4, 1938, I have no confirmation of anything special happening on this day. If you type Adolf-Hitler-Koog into Google and when the page comes up, you click on the "Images" tab, pictures of the first pictorial cancel come up with various dates and years. This cancel was used for a long period of time.
Linus
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the Adolf Hitlerkoog was officially "opened" by the man himself on November 1st 1935. After the war, it was rebaptized Dieksanderkoog and it is now part of the socalled Friedrichskoog.
The Neulandhalle still exists. The first brick was laid on 11-1-1935 and the building was finished about one year later.
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"And, to two different women, both with the salutation "Liebe". Hmmm..."
That's not really peculiar because in this case "Liebe" is just the normal way to greet someone you know well. Like "dear" in English. It should not be seen as having anything to do with "love", which happens to be the same word in German.
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Several years ago, I was flipping through a box of postcards in an antique store in Perry, Iowa, USA, when I discovered the two cards scanned below from Germany. My first thought was this building must be Hitler's house, but after some research, I discovered that Adolf-Hitler Koog was a dike construction project to reclaim land from the North Sea near the mouth of the Elbe River. The building shown on the card is the community center known as Neulandhalle (New Land Hall), the architectural centerpiece of Adolf-Hitler Koog. The land was given to Nazi loyalists who passed an extreme vetting process. Personally examined and hand-picked by senior local officials, 112 Koog settlers had to produce documentary evidence that proved their Aryan ancestry back to the year 1800. This was all part of Hitler's master race plan. This building is still located in Germany today.
Linus
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08:51:03pm
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Great discovery story. I wonder how much of the original building decorative items as shown still exist?
Bruce
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According to the link below, the building is being restored as a museum. The original statues were removed a long time ago, but replicas will be made to replace them as part of the museum's refurbishment.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/museum-planned-to-document-nazi-land-reclamation-project-a-864515.html
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09:50:54pm
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Thanks, Linus!
Bruce
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re: Adolf-Hitler-Koog Postcards
My pleasure, Bruce! According to the article in the link, this building was scheduled to be completed in 2017 as a museum. Maybe one of our Stamporama members from Germany can give us an update someday if they read this post.
Linus
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11:55:29am
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Neat items, linus!
Noticed that both cards were apparently sent by the same person, on the same day. And, to two different women, both with the salutation "Liebe". Hmmm...
The first one, at least, appears to be ceremonially cancelled.
Is there any significance to the February 4, 1938 CDS?
I would guess this might be a dedication date for the facility.
What's the English word for "koog"? Doesn't work in the Google translator...
Thanks for sharing.
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re: Adolf-Hitler-Koog Postcards
Koog in German translates to polder in English, and according to my Webster Dictionary, polder is a noun meaning "a tract of land reclaimed from the sea."
As far as the date, February 4, 1938, I have no confirmation of anything special happening on this day. If you type Adolf-Hitler-Koog into Google and when the page comes up, you click on the "Images" tab, pictures of the first pictorial cancel come up with various dates and years. This cancel was used for a long period of time.
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the Adolf Hitlerkoog was officially "opened" by the man himself on November 1st 1935. After the war, it was rebaptized Dieksanderkoog and it is now part of the socalled Friedrichskoog.
The Neulandhalle still exists. The first brick was laid on 11-1-1935 and the building was finished about one year later.
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"And, to two different women, both with the salutation "Liebe". Hmmm..."
That's not really peculiar because in this case "Liebe" is just the normal way to greet someone you know well. Like "dear" in English. It should not be seen as having anything to do with "love", which happens to be the same word in German.
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