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Cover addressed to Ministerialrat Frans Willuhn in Berlin. Ref: 24.10.1935 24th October 1935 Frans Willuhn Cover addressed to Ministerialrat Frans Willuhn in Berlin. Ref: 24.10.1935 Frans Willuhn (1885-1979) In 1933, Willuhn joined the Reich Chancellery as Ministerialrat. He attended the funeral service for Paul von Hindenburg in the Tannenberg memorial on 7th August 1934 as an official guest. When the process of bringing the student fraternities into line was to be completed in 1935, Willuhn supported State Secretary Hans Heinrich Lammers in his unsuccessful efforts to ensure the continued existence of the fraternities in the form of a National Socialist overall organization. In 1937 he joined the NSDAP and was appointed Reich Cabinet Councilor in the same year, responsible for the areas of economy and transport. On 21st April 1945, Willuhn was seconded to Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz in Plön. The family archives at Willuhn's house in Schlachtensee were confiscated by the Commandant of the American Sector of Berlin . Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postal Stationery (Mi.P213 - 6 Pf Green, Mi.P214 - 15 Pf carmine) issued on 1st March 1932 for the centennial observance of Goethe's birthday. Ref: 04.04.1933 (6 Pf), 16.06.1933 (15 Pf). 4th April 1933 Mi.P213 & Mi.P214 Postal Stationery (Mi.P213 - 6 Pf Green, Mi.P214 - 15 Pf carmine) issued on 1st March 1932 for the centennial observance of Goethe's birthday. Ref: 04.04.1933 (6 Pf), 16.06.1933 (15 Pf). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. In 1832, Goethe died in Weimar of apparent heart failure. He is buried in the Ducal Vault at Weimar's Historical Cemetery. Source: Wikipedia But what are Schiller, Goethe, or Shakespeare when compared with the heroes of our modern German literature! Old, worn-out, and outmoded--nay, obsolete. For it was typical of this epoch that not only were its own products bad, but in the process it reviled everything that was truly great in the past... The more vile and miserable are the men and products, the more they will hate and denigrate the ideal achievement of former generations. What these people would like best is to completely destroy every vestige of the past, so that, by excluding the standard of comparison, their own kitsch could be looked upon as 'art.' Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf Volume I Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

11th March 1935 DAF - Zahlungsbestätigung DAF - Zahlungsbestätigung postcard - See 12.03.1935 - 24/62 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard featuring Mi.479 postage stamp, the cover picture depicting a 'generic' image of either the General San Martin or General Artigas of the Hamburg-Amerika Line. The printed correspondence text states, 'An Bord....' with a blank space to add the ships name. Ref: 21.10.1933. 21st October 1933 General San Martin Postcard featuring Mi.479 postage stamp, the cover picture depicting a 'generic' image of either the General San Martin or General Artigas of the Hamburg-Amerika Line. The printed correspondence text states, 'An Bord....' with a blank space to add the ships name. Ref: 21.10.1933. General San Martin Hamburg-Amerika Linie Thuringia was an 11,251 GRT ocean liner that was built in 1922 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany for the Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt AG, Hamburg. In 1930, she was renamed General San Martin . In 1934, she was chartered by Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft and sold to them in 1936. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and served until 1945 as a barracks ship, and then as passenger ship during the evacuation of civilians from the Baltic. She was seized in May 1945 by the British at Copenhagen, Denmark, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Deben . She served as a troopship until 1949, when she was scrapped. On 20th January 1940, General San Martin was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a barracks ship. She served 7th U-boat Flotilla at Königsberg. From 1st March 1941 she served 3rd U-boat Flotilla at Kiel. From 1st October 1941 she served 8th U-boat Flotilla at Königsberg and then 32nd U-boat Flotilla from August 1944. From 15th January 1945, she served 7th U-boat Flotilla at Kiel. She is also said to have seen use as a tender during World War II. From 25th January 1945, General San Martin assisted in the evacuation of civilians from the Baltic. She transported over 30,000 people in eleven voyages. From 4th April 1945, she served as a hospital ship. General San Martin was seized by the British in May 1945 at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was passed to the MoWT, which became the Ministry of Transport later that year. On 8th October, she was declared to be a prize of war. The Code Letters GQXY were allocated. Her port of registry was London. She was operated under the management of the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. In 1946, she was renamed Empire Deben . She was used as a troopship, serving in this role until 1949. Her departure from Southampton, Hampshire on 14th September 1948 for Gibraltar, Malta and Port Said, Egypt was delayed due to engine defects. One of the apprentices who served on board Empire Deben was Dennis Scott-Masson, who was the captain of Canberra during the Falklands War. Empire Deben was scrapped in March 1949 at Newport, Monmouthshire. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st March 1933 Mi. P221 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Cover featuring stamps Mi.558 (brick layer) and Mi.565 (Saar and mother Germany). Ref: 10.05.1935 - 9/27 10th May 1935 Title Cover featuring stamps Mi.558 (brick layer) and Mi.565 (Saar and mother Germany). Ref: 10.05.1935 - 9/27 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Bochmann: Hamburg 63 - 1/b - Bd - I 12th June 1935 Title Bochmann: Hamburg 63 - 1/b - Bd - I A poster stamp affixed to the reverse of a window envelope. Issued to publicise the June 22nd -30th, 1935 'Derby-Woche', the image depicts the Hamburg skyline, and a string of pennants, each one displaying a date and an event leading up to the Derby. The picture area measures 48mm x 70mm, and was designed by artist Theodor Paul Etbauer (1892 - 1975). Together with a commemorative cancellation of a similar design (which was produced in 8 variations - see Bochmann). Ref: 12.06.1935 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page Derby-Woche or Derby Week, is a week-long event leading up to the prestigious German Derby (Horse race) which was inaugurated in 1867. The term 'Derby' originated in England in the late 18th century, to designate the penultimate horse race of the season, reserved for three-year-old horses. In Germany, the lead up to the actual race was a week-long folk festival including various military and sporting events.

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Commercial cover advertising 'Das braune Blatt' magazine. To the reverse the slogan reads, 'Thousands read this magazine - and which magazine do you read?'. Ref: 25.01.1935 - 10/17 25th January 1935 Das Braune Blatt Commercial cover advertising 'Das braune Blatt' magazine. To the reverse the slogan reads, 'Thousands read this magazine - and which magazine do you read?'. Ref: 25.01.1935 - 10/17 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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