4th August 1936 Jahresschau Deutscher Arbeit 1/0 Jahreeschau Deutscher Arbeit, Dresden See 04.08.1936 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

4th May 1940 Parole der Woche Nr.12 (1940) 04.05.1940-parole-der-woche.jpeg 04.05.1940-parole-der-woche.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Pfeddersheim to Darmstadt featuring Parole der Woche Nr.12, 'Gut festnageln!', to the reverse. Also featuring a strip of stamps (Mi.730 & Mi.735) from booklet sheet MHB 66. Ref: 04.05.1940 Parole der Woche Nr.12 (1940) Translation Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st May 1947 1st May 1947 01.05.1947 1st May reverse.jpeg 01.05.1947 1st May reverse.jpeg 1/1 Postcard celebrating May Day (1st May), featuring the slogan 'Happy holidays to the workers in all countries'. Ref: 01.05.1947 - 13/38 Detail Private issue cancellation produced for the May Day celebration (used in Leipzig only). Ref: JB:Leipzig/892

Mi.850 - 853 (26.06.1943) Labour Corps Mi.850 - 853 (26.06.1943) Labour Corps 01.09.1943 RAD Souvenir sheet reverse.jpeg 01.09.1943 RAD Souvenir sheet reverse.jpeg 1/1 Unusual souvenir sheet (A76(b)) displaying all four Labour Service postage stamps. The sheet has a title that reads, '10 Years/ Reich Labour Service'. The issue of RAD stamps on the 26th June 1943 was for the 8th anniversary. The information below may shed light onto this discrepancy. To the reverse the printed text reads, 'Our Signature/ Your Signature' and the imprint code 'B/0045'. The cancellation used is JB:Wien108/769. Ref: 01.09.1943 - 23/33 Mi.850. Ref: 16.07.1943 - 23/44 Mi.851. Ref:16.07.1943 - 23/44 Mi.852. Ref: 16.07.1943 - 23/44 Mi.853. Ref: 16.07.1943 - 23/44 See 04.07.1943 - 23/32 (Souvenir sheet C16) Discrepency in inaugral year may stem from previous incarnations of the RAD and its continuation from 1933 onwards. From Wikipedia: In the course of the Great Depression, the German government of the Weimar Republic under Chancellor Heinrich Brüning by emergency decree established the Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst ('Voluntary Labour Service', FAD), on 5th June 1931, two years before the Nazi Party (NSDAP) ascended to national power. The state sponsored employment organisation provided services to civic and land improvement projects, from 16th July 1932 it was headed by Friedrich Syrup in the official rank of a Reichskommissar . As the name stated, participating was voluntary as long as the Weimar Republic existed. The concept was adopted by Adolf Hitler, who upon the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 appointed Konstantin Hierl state secretary in the Reich Ministry of Labour, responsible for FAD matters. Hierl was already a high-ranking member of the NSDAP and head of the party's labour organisation, the Nationalsozialistischer Arbeitsdienst or NSAD. Hierl developed the concept of a state labour service organisation similar to the Reichswehr army, with a view to implementing a compulsory service. Meant as an evasion of the regulations set by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, voluntariness initially was maintained after protests by the Geneva World Disarmament Conference. Hierl's rivalry with Labour Minister Franz Seldte led to the affiliation of his office as a FAD Reichskommissar with the Interior Ministry under his party fellow Wilhelm Frick. On 11th July 1934, the NSAD was renamed Reichsarbeitsdienst or RAD with Hierl as its director until the end of World War II. By law issued on 26th June 1935, the RAD was re-established as an amalgamation of the many prior labour organisations formed in Germany during the Weimar Republic, with Hierl appointed as Reich Labour Leader ( Reichsarbeitsführer ) according to the Führerprinzip . With massive financial support by the German government, RAD members were to provide service for civic and agricultural construction projects. Per Reich Labor Service Act of June 26th, 1935. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th December 1945 15th December 1945 1/1 Cover sent from Ballenstedt to the Stadtbank at Quedlinburg, featuring stamp Mi.82X. Ref: 15.12.1945

4th December 1942 1/0 Commercial cover sent from Müller & Co. Lichtspieltheater-Betriebe (Cinema) at Mannheim to the Deutsche Filmvertriebs G.m.b.H. in Frankfurt a.M. Ref: 04.12.1942

7th December 1934 1/7 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Adhesive labels Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Adhesive labels Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Adhesive labels within the Brief History collection From 1st April 1934, the senior postal directorates were called the Reichspostdirektion (RPD). The task of a senior post office was to relieve the burden on the general post office in Berlin. As a new middle authority, they had to manage the post offices operating in their district, personnel management and cash management. The senior postal director ran the administration in the district entrusted to him independently and under his own responsibility. Due to the reorganisation of the Saar region in 1935, the number of senior postal directorates grew again to 41 with the establishment of the Saarbrücken senior postal directorate. In National Socialist Germany, the number of senior postal directorates rose to 51 due to the incorporation of additional areas. The ten new senior postal directorates were located in Aussig, Gdansk, Graz, Innsbruck, Karlsbad, Klagenfurt, Linz (Donau), Poznan, Troppau and Vienna. Conquered and occupied areas were connected to the German Reichspost through the 'Deutsche Dienstpost…' organisation, the post offices were Germanised and later looked after by the Reichspostdirektion. On 1st January 1940, Danzig had to supply 373 post offices and offices, Gumbinnen 10, Königsberg 25, Oppeln 263 and Posen. In the course of simplifying administration during the war, 13 Reich postal directorates were abolished in 1943 (Aachen, Bamberg, Karlsbad, Kassel, Köslin, Landshut (Bavaria), Oldenburg (Oldb), Potsdam, Regensburg, Speyer, Trier, Troppau and Würzburg ). On May 8, 1945, there were still 38 Reich postal departments. Source: Wikipedia German 'Annahme Verweiget - refusé' - see 1.12.1936 - 26/11 See 01.09.1936 - 25/12 (Zuruck/ zur Vervollstandigung der Aufschrift. Bestimmungsort ist ungenugend bezeichnet) See 04.12.1937 - 27/95 - Green label 'Neue Anschrift - bitte vormerken!' (62x37mm) See 19.04.1938 - 28/96 - Green label 'Anschrift ungenügend' 'München 13' (37x26mm) 'Zur Ermittlung des/ Absenders/ amtlich geöffnet/ durch die/ Reichspostdirektion/ Berlin' (Officially opened by the Reichspostdirektion Berlin to identify the sender). 40x26mm (box). Ref 29.12.1941 'Ungenügende Adresse/ insuffisance d'adresse' 25x15mm green border. Ref: 18.09.1944 - 22/77 Swiss 'Unbekannt/ Inconnu/ Sconosciuto' 26.08.1938 - 28/34 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st April 1940 1/0

10th September 1942 'Heilbronner Tagblatt' 10.09.1942 Heibronner Tagblatt reverse.jpeg 10.09.1942 Heibronner Tagblatt reverse.jpeg 1/1 Self-addressed reply envelope for the 'Heilbronner Tagblatt' newspaper. Ref: 10.09.1942 Heilbronner Tagblatt From Wikipedia.de The Heilbronner Tagblatt was a regional daily newspaper published in Heilbronn from 1932 to 1945 that belonged to the NSDAP and served as a mouthpiece for the National Socialists. It was founded in January 1932 by the Heilbronn NSDAP in order to have its own daily newspaper and had been published daily since 5th March 1932. From the fall of 1932 (until 1938), the publishing director was the Heilbronn NSDAP district leader Richard Drauz. After the seizure of power, the Tagblatt publishing house was able to use reprisals to force all other Heilbronn daily newspapers out of business and take them over by the end of 1934, especially those of the bourgeois publisher Viktor Kraemer Jr., whose printing and publishing house had been bought cheaply by the National Socialists. Kraemer's Neckar-Zeitung continued to appear under the NSDAP for some time, from 1st January 1935 under the title Heilbronner Morgenpost , but was then discontinued on 31st July 1937. At the time of National Socialism, the Tagblatt had a newspaper monopoly in Heilbronn and reported in line with the party's wishes until its collapse in 1945. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Folk Costumes 1935 Booklet (15.11.1935) 1/0 Fridericus 1933 , Hindenburg 1933 , Wagner 1933 , Hindenburg 1934 , Professions 1934 , Folk Costumes 1935 , Olympic Games 1936 , Hindenburg 1936/37 , Modern Buildings 1936 , Hindenburg 1937/39 , Ships 1937 , Ostmark 1938 , Hindenburg 1939 , Buildings 1939 , Hindenburg 1940/41 , Buildings 1940 , Adolf Hitler 1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

12th October 1939 Lager Lechfeld 12th October 1939 Lager Lechfeld 12.10.1939-lager-lechfeld-reverse.jpeg 12.10.1939-lager-lechfeld-reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Grosse Kampfliegerschule Lechfeld and bearing the camp cancellation (form 1). Ref: 12.10.1939 - 21/17, MFP32P70 Lager Lechfeld Airfield (Fliegerhorst) 20 km south of Augsburg in Bavaria. Construction began in 1934 and it was inaugurated as a Luftwaffe Fliegerhorstkommandantur by autumn 1935. A major pre-war and wartime training base for bombers and night fighters. Wartime conversion courses to the Me 410 and He 177 were carried out here. Additionally, it was a wartime factory airfield (Industriehafen) used by the Messerschmitt firm for final assembly and test flight prior to delivery. In 1944-45, Me 262 jet units were equipped at Lechfeld. School Units: Bombenschule Lechfeld (Mar 34 – Apr 35); Kampffliegerschule Lechfeld (May 35 – Oct 38); Grosse Kampffliegerschule Lechfeld (Nov 38 – Dec 39); II./NJ-Schule 1 (Nov 42 – Mar 43); II./NJG 101 (May – Dec 43); II.(Versuchs-)/KG 101 (Sep 43 – May 44). Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regrding this page