Bochmann: 136 - B 4th August 1933 1/1 Bochmann: 136 - B In a contemporary article published by TIME magazine on 5th June 1933 the reasons behind the memorial are explained: 'Albert Leo Schlageter was a German officer who did not stop fighting when the War ended. Enraged at the Weimar Republicans, who to his mind were accepting the Versailles Treaty lying down, Albert Schlageter joined a guerrilla band known as the Baltikum troops. When these disbanded he moved to Dusseldorf. In 1923 when the French began to exploit the Ruhr coal mines for German failure to meet Reparations payments, Albert Leo Schlageter and his friends went to work. Railroad bridges were bombed, canal locks smashed, dams destroyed - the French got little benefit from their seized coal. On May 8 Schlageter and several associates were caught and tried by French court-martial. Despite Berlin protests, on May 28 he was shot dead by French soldiers. Whether or not Albert Schlageter ever heard of the early Nazi groups, Hitlerites have long held him as their particular hero. A 90-ft. cross has been erected on the spot where he fell. Month ago Chancellor Hitler announced that the 10th anniversary of his execution would be a national fête. The world worried over the dynamite the celebration might set off. Meanwhile came Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech and the sharp veering of German policy peace awards. Some 300,000 men massed in the execution field by the great Schlageter cross last week, the greatest single crowd Western Germany has ever seen, but the ceremony was mild as ginger beer. By advice of counsel Adolf Hitler and former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm stayed away. Wilhelm sent a wreath, but the only Hohenzollern representative was fat Prince August Wilhelm ("Auwi") in his Nazi uniform. Chief oration came from bull-necked Hermann Wilhelm Goring who rattling no sabres, contented himself with saying: "Schlageter was no 'hurrah' patriot. He wanted no war. He wanted peace as all Germany wants peace. But he was ready to defend his home and the peace of his people. He became a fighter because this peace had been broken." It was further emphasized that Hero Schlageter was a foe of Marxism as much as of France. France took no official notice, but in Paris a file of wounded veterans clumped up the Champs Elysees to dip their flags over the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of their comrades who died during the Ruhr occupation. A third demonstration took place two days earlier when a crowd of nearly 1,000 Jews & Communists rioted at a Brooklyn quayside, waiting to boo Hans Weidemann and Gotthold Schneider, Hitler's not particularly welcome envoys to the Chicago World's Fair. Dozens of heads were cracked, 13 rioters arrested.' Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Sports Directory Sports Directory 1/0 SPORTS DIRECTORY Football Hannover 96 v. Schalke 04 - Postcard (1938) Hertha Berlin Sport-Club - Postcard (1942) 'Rapid' Terezín - official postcard (Theresienstadt, B&M - 1942) Gliding Wasserkuppe Golf Golf Hotel, Baden-Baden (envelope, 1938) see 28/32 Skiing 1.Osterschiwettkämpfe (Easter skiing competitions), Zakopane, general Government (1940) Turn-u. Sportfest Saaz - Vignette (1933) Breslau - Postcard (1938) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

18th September 1942 'Monte Pascoal' 18.09.1942 Monte Pascoal reverse.jpeg 18.09.1942 Monte Pascoal reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost correspondence on a postcard featuring the image of the 'Monte Pascoal', an ocean liner built in 1930. At the time of the current correspondence the 'Monte Pascoal' had been requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and used as an accommodation ship at Wilhelmshaven. Ref: 18.09.1942 'Monte Pascoal' Menu/postcard from the Monte Pascoal (18th August 1934). During the stop-over at Hammerfest in Norway, the passenger obviously visited the local post office and had the national stamps franked! Ref: 18.08.1934 - 24/18 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.508-511 (29.11.1933) 'Deutsche Nothilfe' 1923-1933 1/0 Mi.508 - 511 10th Anniversary of the 'Deutsche Nothilfe' As Mi.351 - 354 (25th Feb. 1924) but with additional overprint '1923-1933' . Made available as a miniature sheet in a block of four. Notes: Design: Prof. E. Böhm (after a group of paintings by Moritz von Schwindt called the 'Rosenwunder'). Letterpress printing on hand made paper. Watermark: Swastika (note the original paper watermarked with horizontal waffle/mesh pattern) and with watermark inscription, '10 Jahre Deutsche Nothilfe' . Perf. 14¼ x 14¾ (14¼ x 14½ - Harper & Scheck). Quantity issued: 64,000 Blocks (sold for 3.50 RM. This can be broken down to 85 Pf face value, surcharge of 2.55 RM plus 10 Pf production cost. There was an additional 50 Pf for postage costs as applicable). Valid until 30.06.1935 (later extended to 31st December 1934 - Harper & Scheck). Mi.508 (5+15 Pf) Mi509 (10+30 Pf) Mi.510 (20+60 Pf) Mi.511 (50+150 Pf) Block 2 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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3rd February 1945 3rd February 1945 Cover from occupied Guernsey featuring a 2½d. ultramarine. Most likely issued in July 1944 (rouletted). Ref: 03.02.1945 1/0 Occupied Guernsey 2½d. ultramarine

Commemorative postcard for the 1934 Nuremberg Rally. Note: This is the same postcard as issued for the 1933 Rally with the exception of seemingly over-printed '1923' and '1933' dates that appeared on the 1933 rally version. Imprint: 'P. No.45./ Photo-Hoffmann, München, Theresienstr. 74.' Ref: 07.09.1934 7th September 1934 Nuremberg Rally 1934 1/1 Commemorative postcard for the 1934 Nuremberg Rally. Note: This is the same postcard as issued for the 1933 Rally with the exception of seemingly over-printed '1923' and '1933' dates that appeared on the 1933 rally version. Imprint: 'P. No.45./ Photo-Hoffmann, München, Theresienstr. 74.' Ref: 07.09.1934 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag 1934 'Rally of Unity and Strength' 5th -10th September 1934 Official 1934 Reichsparteitag postcard. Verlag Franz Eher, Munich. Designed by Richard Klein. Ref: 09.09.1934 Official 1934 Reichsparteitag postcard. Verlag Franz Eher, Munich. Designed by Siegmar von Suchodolski. Ref: 7.09.1934 - 24/19 Commemorative postcard for the 1934 Rally. Verlag Wilhelm Serz, Nuremberg. Ref: 10.09.1934 - 24/21 Commemorative postcard for the 1934 Rally. Verlag Wilhelm Serz, Nuremberg. Ref: 09.09.1934 - 24/22 Commemorative postcard of the 1934 Rally. Stürmer Verlag, Nürnberg. Ref: 07.09.1934 Fleurs & Papillons Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.907 (06.01.1945) Mi.907 (06.01.1945) 1/1 Mi.907 (Ref: 27.01.1945) next stamp issue

8th October 1937 8th October 1937 1/3 8th October 1937 Sarvar to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine! Why don’t you write? I was waiting for a letter from you since I was here. But I remember I have not thanked you for your nice card of the World Exhibition. I hope you enjoy your stay at Paris as much as the rest of your journey. And now you are safely back in Bath and school has started for you. Isn’t it your last term? I have stopped learning two years ago and now I have already forgotten everything I ever knew. One could kill me but I don’t know when Edward the Confessor lived. The only date I can remember is the coronation of Charlemagne. Rasso has got a governess, but we three girls don’t do anything than sit in our drawing room and write letters. We do write letters, and if you want it, we would write to you every week or fortnight. But we expect you to answer just as often. Muck is busy collecting stamps and playing the accordion and Baby is playing the piano, and I don’t see any possibility of running away. And now we read every one of Deidi’s books before they are sent to her. She has got about 20 Pimpernel books and my head is quite dizzy with them, but they are amusing and I read Jayne Eyre too and I liked it very much. I hope you got Baby’s postcard of Tristran. I am sorry we can’t go to the opera now but we go to see the pictures every week. We saw “A Tale of Two Cities” it is marvellous. And something about Chinese gold with Gary Cooper. It was exciting and he knocked out the whole lot of his enemies. Next week we are going to see “Anthony Adverse”. Here one sees rather a lot of American and English films and many Germans too. The few Hungarians are awfully bad and not worthwhile seeing. We have many guests and enjoy our stay here. I go riding for 2 hours every morning. And we play tennis and Ping-Pong. We have got an Irish girl staying with us till November. She is called Mary D’Arcy. And she stayed five years at the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton near London. So we are practicing our English. Deidi is coming to see us in November. Now she is living at Mandelieu and finishing her little villa. She has got five rooms and a lovely big garden and is very happy. Much love Loll Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

25th June 1942 Feldpost 'c' designation 25.06.1942 'c' designation reverse.jpeg 25.06.1942 'c' designation reverse.jpeg 1/1 Registered feldpost cover with cancellation designation 'c' (lower position). Ref: 25.06.1942 'FELDPOST ' designation letters: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o , a1etc. , Aa etc. , Misc. Feldpost designation letter 'c' variations Smaller font. Lower position. Ref: 13.08.1941 Level position. Ref: 09.12.1943 Closer terminals. Lower position. Ref: 09.09.1939 Shortened terminals. Level position. Ref: 16.06.1943 - 2/57 Shortened terminals. Level position. Violet. Ref: 04.06.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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6th October 1940 Italy: Fascist Agricultural 1/0 See 06.10.1940 - 30/68 'Confederazione Fascista Lavoratori Agricoltura Unione di Modena' Fascist Confederation of Agricultural Workers of Modena The relationship between the Fascist movement and those who controlled the agrarian economy, the so-called agrarian class, played an important role in the rise of Fascism. During the tensions of the Bienno Rosso, by the end of 1920, landowners in northern and central Italy wanted to eliminate the influence of peasant leagues, rural cooperatives, and widespread socialist control over local governments. In 1921 and 1922, they feared that the socialist left and the nascent Communist Party might rebound if the pressure were eased. The Fascists received financial and logistical support from landowners and military authorities to conduct punitive expeditions against the Socialists, while promising the agrarian and industrial elites not to alter the status quo of the agricultural sector, but only the distribution of political power. The Fascist movement had two main objectives in the Italian countryside: to attract sharecroppers and colonists eager to obtain land individually, and to destroy the power of trade union organizations such as the chambers of labor and the Federterra. By the end of 1921, the Fascists had conducted numerous violent actions, including invasions, looting, burning, and forced dissolutions of cooperatives and consumer organizations. Many Socialist leaders were attacked or killed by Fascist squads. Rural fascism was highly organised and uncompromising, but it managed to prevail thanks to the complicity of some local government bodies and the police. Furthermore, the maximalist socialists, despite their revolutionary declarations, were unable to effectively oppose the fascists, nor did they consider the opportunity to seek the support of sharecroppers, tenant farmers and small farmers in central and northern Italy, who instead often supported the fascist movement or distanced themselves from Catholic associations. With the rise of fascism to power, fascist agricultural policies mainly benefited large landowners and agri-food companies in Northern Italy, eliminating the threat of socialist peasant leagues. After the consolidation of the regime, the relationship with the agrarian world remained crucial. Fascist peasant trade unions were weak compared to agrarian associations. Rural fascism also found support among small landowners and tenant farmers who resented socialist influence, while in the provinces with strong socialist organizations (especially in the North) fascist repression was particularly vigorous. In 1923 the government repealed the laws that in 1919 had introduced the first social security measures for agricultural workers. Source: Wikipedia (2026) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page