Who's Who

Who's who

Postcard (cancelled but not sent) depicting Baldur von Schirach (1907-1974), German politician who served as head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, Schirach served as the Gauleiter (district leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich governor) of Vienna. Ref: 17.09.1942

WHO'S WHO

Noteworthy people within the Brief History collection

(for artists and cartoonists click here)

A

Adler, Johannes (1899-1963)

Musical instrument manufacturer - see 27/7

B

Bartels, Adolf (1862-1945)

German journalist, writer and poet - see 23.01.1943 - 33/9

Behring, Emil von (1854-1917)

German physiologist

Bergkessel, Erich (1889-????)

Kapitänleutnant - see 08.03.1939

Bochmann, Julius (????-????)

German philatelist and postmark expert

Brauchle, Alfred (1898-1964)

German physician and naturopath

C

Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)

British Prime Minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955

'Give us the tools' speech, February 1941

D

Dahmann, Kurt (1915-2005)

German philatelist - see 33/21

Diebitsch, Karl (1899-1985)

German artist and SS officer responsible for designing much of the SS regalia

Dollfuss, Engelbert (1892-1934)

Austrian politician, President and Dictator of Austria 1932-1934

See 17/80

Dreschel, Margot (1908-1945)

Concentration camp prison guard

F

Fehleisen, Georg (1893-1936)

German architect

Franco, Francisco (1892-1975)

(see P.140 of LBC Spain in Revolt)

Spanish general, dictator

Frederick the Great (1712-1786)

King in/of Prussia

G

Genschow - see 37/6

Glasewald, A.E. (1861-1926)

German philatelist

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1932)

German polymath

Göring, Hermann (1893-1946) - see 33/43

German politician, aviator, military leader, and convicted war criminal

Göring, Emmy (1893-1973)

Second wife of Hermann Göring

Göring, Edda (1938-2018)

Only daughter of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring

Guderian, Heinz (1888-1954)

German general of WWII

H

Heinrich of Saxony, Ernst (1896-1971)

Prince of the Saxon Royal Family

Hennemann, Hugo (1893-????)

Bürgomeister of Hergisdorf - A philatelic cover posted at Berlin-Weissensee on 13th September 1942 and addressed to Hugo Hennemann, Bürgermeister of Hergisdorf, Mansfelder Gebirgskreis. It bears the special “Wehrkampftage der SA 1942 – Sportappell der Betriebe” cancellation associated with the SA military-sports competition in Berlin-Weissensee. The franking comprises a 6 Pfennig Hitler definitive together with the special 6+4 Pfennig Wehrkampftage der SA 1942 commemorative stamp. Hugo Hennemann, born 22nd June 1893 at Kreisfeld, was a master carpenter who had established a business in Hergisdorf before entering municipal office. He became Gemeindeschulze in 1934 and subsequently Bürgermeister. Contemporary Hergisdorf records explicitly describe him as “Parteigenosse Hugo Hennemann”, confirming his membership of the NSDAP. Ref: 13.09.1942 - 34/9 (not shown within BH)

Hindenburg, Paul von (1847-1934)

President of Germany 1925-1934

Högler, Sigmund (????-????)

Retired Lieutenant-Colonel. Jewish persecution.

Höhlig, Martin (1882-1948)

German society photographer

Hompel, Rudolf ten (1878-1948) - postcard sent to Sofie ten Hompel (self-addressed?). A relative? - see 34/53

Horthy, Niklaus (Miklós) (1868-1957)

Hungarian admiral, statesman and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary

Hudolin, Fritz (????-????) - see 19/117

In May 1939 he was listed as Gauringleiter (Sudetenland?). 1941 - Gauringleiter in Oberschlesien. later part-time Gauringleiter, part-time at the Reichring national office. 1942 - responsible for overseeing the various Gauring newsletters and full-time in the Berlin office. 7th April 1945, Hudolin takes over what is left of the Reichsring für nationalsozialistische Propaganda und Volksaufklarung.