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Bochmann: 136 - B 4th August 1933 düsseldorf-schlageter-040833 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

9th February 1933 News in Brief - Gersfeld ← Previous Next → 'Terror in Gersfeld' Article from the C.V.-Zeitung , 9th February 1933, p.41. Based in Berlin and with a circulation of 40,000 - 60,000 copies (c.1935), it was the most popular political weekly amongst German Jews. The paper reported on Jewish life in German society and addressed the topic of antisemitism. 'Over the course of the last week the windows of various Jewish families in Gersfeld were smashed. Moreover, a Jewish businessman who gave chase when the windows were shattered was stabbed with a knife and seriously injured. The perpetrators fled but left behind a cap and gloves, so that one can expect them to be identified. Larger riots broke out on the evening of Saturday 4 February. The leader of the NSDAP, the carpenter Heun [William Heun (b.1894); joined the NSDAP in 1930], called on his followers at the marketplace to fetch the Jewish inhabitants from their houses. The fanaticised multitude hereupon marched to the house of the respected businessman Bachrach from the Liebstadter company. [Correctly: Sally Bacharach (b.1881); lived from 1909 in Gersfeld and moved to Fulda in March 1934 with his wife, Ida]. Three National Socialists forced entry into the house and injured the unsuspecting businessman Bachrach, who was sitting with his family, with punches and kicks that were so severe that he collapsed and required medical attention. The barbarous attack is all the more incomprehensible since businessman Bachrach has never been active politically and enjoyed widespread popularity both personally and in business.' Gruner, 2019, p.85 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Research: Ernst Gosser - Slave Labour - Military Helmets (also see 19.11.1935) 7th August 1935 Ernst Gosser Research: Ernst Gosser - Slave Labour - Military Helmets (also see 19.11.1935) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Postcard depicting 'Adolf Hitlerstraße' in Lörrach (postcard difficult to scan). Ref: 21.05.1933 (Note: Date on postcard cannot be read. On 21st May 1933 this street in Lörrach (Reichsstraße?) was renamed 'Adolf Hitlerstraße. The 15pf Hindenburg Medallion post-dates the re-naming (Mi.488, Aug. 1933; Mi.520, Apr.1934). 21st May 1933 Lörrach Postcard depicting 'Adolf Hitlerstraße' in Lörrach (postcard difficult to scan). Ref: 21.05.1933 (Note: Date on postcard cannot be read. On 21st May 1933 this street in Lörrach (Reichsstraße?) was renamed 'Adolf Hitlerstraße. The 15pf Hindenburg Medallion post-dates the re-naming (Mi.488, Aug. 1933; Mi.520, Apr.1934). Lörrach Lörrach is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the district seat of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the Milka chocolate factory owned by Mondelez International. The city population has grown over the last century, with only 10,794 in 1905, it has now increased its population to 49,382. Admission ticket for the 'Tag der Briefmarke' show as organised by the K.d.F. in Lörrach. Ref: 11.01.1942 - 33/45 1945: Air raid on Brombach and Lörrach: On 24th April, French troops occupied the city. Source: Wikipedia One October morning in 1940, Nazi authorities in the small German town of Lörrach notified Jewish inhabitants that they had two hours to pack. The town’s Jewish residents were then deported to the Gurs internment camp in France. This photograph (see website below) shows Nazi officials carrying out the deportations. Children peek from behind the line of deportees. Onlookers watch from a balcony above. Most of the 65 Jewish people deported from Lörrach that day were later transported to Auschwitz, a killing center in occupied Poland. Few survived. After the deportations in Lörrach, ads appeared in local newspapers promoting an auction of deportees’ property. Residents showed up to buy the belongings of their former neighbors. In auctions across Germany, auctioneers, Nazi authorities, and the German state collected large sums from the sale of Jewish people’s possessions. The people watching these auctions could not have known that most of those deportees would later be murdered. However, the auction signaled that they would not return to the town. Many reading the newspaper in Lörrach on 22nd November 1940, would likely have seen this announcement for an auction of goods at 29 School Street. The apartment had belonged to two Jewish German women, Fanny Grunkin and her daughter, Marie. German officials had already deported the two Jewish women to a detention camp in France. A neighbour later recalled: 'The Grunkin family had a beautiful apartment on School Street; the apartment was very well furnished. Nicest of all was Marie’s sewing machine.' With the help of French authorities, German officials sent Marie to the Auschwitz killing center about two years later. She did not return. Fanny survived. The advertisement read: Movables – Auction By order I will auction the following items in Lörrach on Saturday, November 23, 1940, at 10 AM in the house at 29 School Street:1 bedroom suite consisting of 2 complete beds (steel), 1 wardrobe with double doors, 1 nightstand, 1 washstand, 1 table, chairs, 1 console, 1 two-door cupboard, 1 rolltop desk, 1 small table, 1 large table, 1 rattan chair, 1 rattan table, 1 couch, a dressmaker’s sewing machine, 1 dress form, mirror, fire screen, ironing board, 1 shoe rack, 1 dresser, 1 clothing rack, 1 kitchen buffet, 1 kitchen table, 2 stools, 1 gas range, 1 heating pad, 1 table clock, bedside lamps, 1 boucle rug, household and kitchen appliances, and ceiling light fixtures. Officially appointed and sworn auctioneer: W. Pfister Lörrach. 22 Palm Street. Telephone number: 2884 Source: https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/ Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Cover featuring a block of four 'Ostropa' stamps (Mi.576-579) as taken from Mi. Block 3. Also featuring two commemorative cancellations including two 'schiffspost' (dated 30.06.1935). Ref: 29.06.1935 - 9/20 29th June 1935 Ostropa Cover featuring a block of four 'Ostropa' stamps (Mi.576-579) as taken from Mi. Block 3. Also featuring two commemorative cancellations including two 'schiffspost' (dated 30.06.1935). Ref: 29.06.1935 - 9/20 further information on these stamps can be found here During the OSTROPA exhibition attendees were given the opportunity to sail on a one-day excursion.Two special cancellations were made for mail posted during these trips. Cranz-Rossitten: 27th June 1935. A one-day service between the baltic coastal towns of Cranz and Rossitten. Grosses Moosbruch: 30th June 1935. A one-day service for OSTROPA visitors. Unsure of destination. Possibly the same as above. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Stamps first issued on 26th August 1934 to celebrate the Saar Plebiscite on 13th January 1935. Note: The stamps were first available on the occasion of the Fidelity to the Saar demonstrations on Ehrenbreitstein in Coblenz and in Cologne (on 26th August) and then at remaining post offices on 28th August. 26th August 1934 Mi.544-545 Stamps first issued on 26th August 1934 to celebrate the Saar Plebiscite on 13th January 1935. Note: The stamps were first available on the occasion of the Fidelity to the Saar demonstrations on Ehrenbreitstein in Coblenz and in Cologne (on 26th August) and then at remaining post offices on 28th August. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard depicting Gitta Alpár (1903-1991) Hungarian Opera Singer and Actress. Imprint Iris 6616. Featuring Bochmann: Leipzig76/472Ref: 07.03.1933. 7th March 1933 Gitta Alpar Postcard depicting Gitta Alpár (1903-1991) Hungarian Opera Singer and Actress. Imprint Iris 6616. Featuring Bochmann: Leipzig76/472Ref: 07.03.1933. ALPÁR, Gitta (1903-1991). In 1931 Alpár married the German actor Gustav Fröhlich. It was in Germany that Alpár made her first motion picture films. However, she was to appear on Hitler's 'hit list', alongside other non-conformist celebrities, in the book Juden sehen Dich (Jews Are Looking at You) by Johann von Leers. Alpár departed Germany in 1933, with her married to Fröhlich being dissolved in 1935 (it was illegal for an aryan German to be married to a Jew). Alpár's career continued and she successfully settled in the United States. Ref:07.03.1933 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page