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This particular government-issued printed postal card was released by the German postal authority on January 29, 1934, one day before the first anniversary of Hitler's assumption to power on January 30, 1933. And, it is plentiful. Many seller's can't seem to resist marking the card up because of a sort of Third Reich profit hysteria that grips some dealers who transfer rarity at the drop of a hat based upon other less common cards, but normally one can find it well under $5 if one looks with some patience and perseverance.
The card I'm showing here was postmarked in Munster on the aforementioned anniversary date: January 30, 1934. Often these cards will have a simple message of celebratory note limited to one line. Usually something like: In commemoration of January 30 followed by a signature. I find the longer messages interesting such as the one here. The sender waxes philosophical: "Dear Bruno, Today is the one year anniversary of our seizure of power so I send this card to you as a remembrance." My German is not necessarily spot on. The sender continues: "Hopefully our Third Reich will grow into a powerful and ongoing development that will bring honor and greatness to our beloved German fatherland. With heartfelt greetings to you and Else. Heil Hitler. Your brother ? Fritz ? and Otti"
When I come across these ebullient messages of Nazi fealty and hope written in the early years of the Hitler regime, I can't help but wonder if the sender and the recipient survived WWII. Was the sender a member of the NSDAP? Did the sender's opinion gradually change before WWII or during the war? At that point, I speculate about the duration and degree of fanatical loyalty remaining for Hitler amid the smoldering, ruined Third Reich of 1945.
The printed postage image depicts the short lived pairing of Field Marshal Hindenburg who served as President and Hitler who served as Chancellor with both defined in Nazi parlance as saviors of the nation. This would be the aging field marshal's last year of life. The larger illustration shows the Nazi's triumphant parade held the night of January 30, 1933 in Berlin. Beneath the image, the printed text reads: Germany, Germany above all.
I suppose I watch for these cards so that I can, in my private world, marvel at the complete and utter acceptance of a philosophy that for the most part never attempted to hide its evil side from the public but rather with an uncanny knack for understanding the dark side of human nature aroused the beast within so many members of the nation. There is a lesson there for all of us.
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Well, Stampme, your card is far more interesting than mine, which is the same one, and even has a typewritten note on the reverse as yours has.
Mine is sent from Augsburg, March 2nd 1936, and goes like this:
Dear Hans!
Well, I managed to get the prescription sheet (Verordnungsblatt) in question. I ordered it because I did not know whether you still need it or perhaps have already ordered it. It is the Reichsgesetzblatt 1936 nr.14, v.18.11 1936 relating to Reich Verlag Germany - Berlin NW40 Scharnhorststrasse 4. Price 15 Pfennig per Print (Drucksachengeb.) Best regards to all. Especially M....* greets you.
... *I can't read the signature!
A Reichsgesetzblatt is a Law Gazette? Although this is about as mundane a message as you could get, I always try to pick up these cards 'used', as it were. The translation is by Google, I'm afraid.
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I have 2 of these postcards - obtained many years ago.
Both are hand written and both were sent overseas - one to AZ and one to Rio de Janeiro Brazil. They have a 10 pfenning Hindenberg definitive added for the overseas postage (Scott #421).
Rick VanGorder Phoenix AZ
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These cards are in one way or another always telling a story. Thanks for your comments.
Bruce
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Well Stampme
"... *I can't read the signature!"
a late post but here it is :
DEIN BRÜDER FRANZ UND OTTI
Your Brothers Franz and Otti
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"... I can't help but wonder if the sender and the recipient survived WWII ..."
Or, for that matter, their children.
I once had occasion to walk thru a cemetery in Germany. The ages of the deceased mirrored what you'd see in any other civilian graveyard in America. Except for the small cluster of young men who died in 1940, or 1941, or ... oops, they stopped shipping the bodies home.
I wondered about what life was like in that village during those years. About the people who rode the crest, and about the people who were swept along, and about the people who watched their world go to hell.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Some of the Third Reich propaganda postcards today reach dizzying monetary heights pushed by the demand among collectors and the ever present speculator, bane of philately and the oil industry among others. Occasionally, I look for cheap ones as a student of history rather than an architect of financial speculation.
This particular government-issued printed postal card was released by the German postal authority on January 29, 1934, one day before the first anniversary of Hitler's assumption to power on January 30, 1933. And, it is plentiful. Many seller's can't seem to resist marking the card up because of a sort of Third Reich profit hysteria that grips some dealers who transfer rarity at the drop of a hat based upon other less common cards, but normally one can find it well under $5 if one looks with some patience and perseverance.
The card I'm showing here was postmarked in Munster on the aforementioned anniversary date: January 30, 1934. Often these cards will have a simple message of celebratory note limited to one line. Usually something like: In commemoration of January 30 followed by a signature. I find the longer messages interesting such as the one here. The sender waxes philosophical: "Dear Bruno, Today is the one year anniversary of our seizure of power so I send this card to you as a remembrance." My German is not necessarily spot on. The sender continues: "Hopefully our Third Reich will grow into a powerful and ongoing development that will bring honor and greatness to our beloved German fatherland. With heartfelt greetings to you and Else. Heil Hitler. Your brother ? Fritz ? and Otti"
When I come across these ebullient messages of Nazi fealty and hope written in the early years of the Hitler regime, I can't help but wonder if the sender and the recipient survived WWII. Was the sender a member of the NSDAP? Did the sender's opinion gradually change before WWII or during the war? At that point, I speculate about the duration and degree of fanatical loyalty remaining for Hitler amid the smoldering, ruined Third Reich of 1945.
The printed postage image depicts the short lived pairing of Field Marshal Hindenburg who served as President and Hitler who served as Chancellor with both defined in Nazi parlance as saviors of the nation. This would be the aging field marshal's last year of life. The larger illustration shows the Nazi's triumphant parade held the night of January 30, 1933 in Berlin. Beneath the image, the printed text reads: Germany, Germany above all.
I suppose I watch for these cards so that I can, in my private world, marvel at the complete and utter acceptance of a philosophy that for the most part never attempted to hide its evil side from the public but rather with an uncanny knack for understanding the dark side of human nature aroused the beast within so many members of the nation. There is a lesson there for all of us.
Bruce
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Well, Stampme, your card is far more interesting than mine, which is the same one, and even has a typewritten note on the reverse as yours has.
Mine is sent from Augsburg, March 2nd 1936, and goes like this:
Dear Hans!
Well, I managed to get the prescription sheet (Verordnungsblatt) in question. I ordered it because I did not know whether you still need it or perhaps have already ordered it. It is the Reichsgesetzblatt 1936 nr.14, v.18.11 1936 relating to Reich Verlag Germany - Berlin NW40 Scharnhorststrasse 4. Price 15 Pfennig per Print (Drucksachengeb.) Best regards to all. Especially M....* greets you.
... *I can't read the signature!
A Reichsgesetzblatt is a Law Gazette? Although this is about as mundane a message as you could get, I always try to pick up these cards 'used', as it were. The translation is by Google, I'm afraid.
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I have 2 of these postcards - obtained many years ago.
Both are hand written and both were sent overseas - one to AZ and one to Rio de Janeiro Brazil. They have a 10 pfenning Hindenberg definitive added for the overseas postage (Scott #421).
Rick VanGorder Phoenix AZ
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These cards are in one way or another always telling a story. Thanks for your comments.
Bruce
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Well Stampme
"... *I can't read the signature!"
a late post but here it is :
DEIN BRÜDER FRANZ UND OTTI
Your Brothers Franz and Otti
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re: An Easy To Obtain Propaganda Postal Card
"... I can't help but wonder if the sender and the recipient survived WWII ..."
Or, for that matter, their children.
I once had occasion to walk thru a cemetery in Germany. The ages of the deceased mirrored what you'd see in any other civilian graveyard in America. Except for the small cluster of young men who died in 1940, or 1941, or ... oops, they stopped shipping the bodies home.
I wondered about what life was like in that village during those years. About the people who rode the crest, and about the people who were swept along, and about the people who watched their world go to hell.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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