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14th August 1941 1/1 Quotation feldpost card ref: 6.41. FPN 10521E to Friedersbach. Ref: 14.08.1941 Quotation 6.41 - 'Der führer am 16. März 1941' 'Keine Macht und keine Unterstützung der Welt werden am Ausgang dieses Kampfes etwas ändern. England wird fallen!' No power and no support in the world will change the outcome of this struggle. England will fall!
Mi.803 (09.09.1941) Berlin Grand Prix Race 1/1 Collectors cover featuring Mi.803 (depicting the Brandenburg Gate) issued to commemorate the horse race, 'Grand Prix of the German Capital'. Tied by special postmark JB:Hoppegarten3/395. Note: this cancel was only used on 14th September 1941. Ref: 14.09.1941 Mi.803 Gallop Race 'The Grand Prix of the Reich Capital' Notes: Design: Erich Meerwald . Recess printing. Sheets 5 x 10. Without watermark. Perf. 14. Quantity issued: unknown. Valid until 31.12.1942. Mi.803 (25+50 Pf - Brandenburg Gate). Ref: 14.09.1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
20th October 1941 Böhmische Industrial Bank 20.10.1941 Bohmische Industrial Bank reverse.jpeg 20.10.1941 Bohmische Industrial Bank reverse.jpeg 1/1 Official postcard sent from the 'BÖHMISCHE INDUSTRIAL-BANK' branch in Königgrätz (the city of Hradec Králové) to a firm in Niebüll. The correspondence informs Johannes Klink that the banks head office in Prague will transfer 122.54 RM into their account from 'Rudolf Novak, Papier-Philatelie'. Featuring Bohemia & Moravia postage Mi.65 tied by a 'Viktoria' laurel leaf cancellation (difficult to read but no doubt it being a 'Königgrätz' cancel). Ref: 20.10.1941 BÖHMISCHE INDUSTRIAL-BANK Further research required Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
10th November 1941 Camp 310, Suez/ Geneifa Italian POW postcard sent from Camp 310 located in Suez, Egypt. Featuring various censor marks from both Britain, Italy and Germany. Reverse Italian POW postcard sent from Camp 310 located in Suez, Egypt. Featuring various censor marks from both Britain, Italy and Germany. Reverse 1/1 Italian POW postcard sent from Camp 310 located in Suez, Egypt. Featuring various censor marks from both Britain, Italy and Germany (Munich or Vienna censor office?). Ref: 10.11.1941 - 22/66 Camp 310, Suez/ Geneifa, Egypt Add 21.01.1941 General Headquarters Middle East issued the following on 7th June 1941: All prisoners of war who are to be evacuated from Egypt will be taken from No. 310 Prisoner of War Camp Suez (exception Officers). Officers will be taken from Geneifa Prisoner of War Camps but if there is a delay in embarkation, they will remain in Camp 310 Suez until called forward. Commandant, No. 310 Prisoner of War Camp will be responsible for carrying out instructions… The right type of Prisoners of War are sent to the respective destinations The correct proportion of Chaplains and Medical Personnel accompany each party. Prisoners of War have been properly searched and disinfected before embarkation. Army W. 3000 has been completed and Part 1 accompany the Prisoners of War. Nominal rolls have been compiled and that they accompany Prisoners of War, copies being forwarded immediately after embarkation to all concerned. That a numerical state showing numbers embarked is immediately forwarded to all concerned, including A.G.S., General Headquarters. Source: italianprisonersofwar.com The archive of former POW at Camp 310, Albert Marrullier. The Brief History project is grateful to the family of Albert Marrullier for allowing these to be shown. A wooden box with POW and camp design. Inscribed 'Berto F4816 Fayed 10.6.1941' . Decorative horn knives and antelope figures. Marrullier spoke fluent Arabic and was given permission to trade Red Cross rations with the Bedouin for horn and other items. Postcards from the Albert Marrullier archive. Unknown artist. The caption on the first postcard (1a Serie - No.1) has the word 'internati' (internees) rather than 'prisoners'. This may suggest that the postcards were produced post September 1943 following the Italian-Allied armistice. 1a Serie - No.1 'Campionario d'internati a Geneifa' 1a Serie - No.2 'Occupazioni diverse al campo' 1a Serie - No.3 'Vita intima in una tenda' 1a Serie - No.4 'Passa la "Corvée"'. Corvée - a savoury, yeasted bread. 1a Serie - No.5 'Galateo geneiffino' 1a Serie - No.6 'Diversi aspetti dei luoghi... comodi di Geneifa' 2a Serie - No.1 'La Culinaria al campo' 2a Serie - No.2 'Distribuzione del rancio ad un gruppo' 2a Serie - No.3 'Giorno de gran bucato a Geneifa' 2a Serie - No.4 'Pulizia corporale al campo' 2a Serie - No.5 'Artigianato e mestieri d'internati' 2a Serie - No.6 'Adunata!..' Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
24th November 1941 Mautern, Stein, Krems a.D. 24.11.1941 Mautern, Stein, Krems a.D. reverse.jpeg 24.11.1941 Mautern, Stein, Krems a.D. reverse.jpeg 1/1 Postcard depicting aerial views of Mautern (in the foreground), Stein (across the bridge), and Krems in the distance. All situated along the Danube (Donau) river in the Wachau valley. Ref: 24.11.1941 Mautern, Stein, and Krems a.D. Mautern a.D. In former times ships cruising the Danube had to pay a toll when they passed Mautern. The town got its name from there because toll translates as "Maut" in German. Before it got this name it was called Favianae by the Romans because it was a very important fort. Being an important merchant point in the Middle Ages, it gained additional importance as the bridge over the Danube River was built (a steelwork as of 1895). Source: Wikipedia Stein a.D. (Usually described as a suburb in the city of Krems) Krems a.D. Krems an der Donau is a town with 25,271 inhabitants (2022) in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or Statutarstadt ), and therefore it is both a municipality and a district. Source: Wikipedia Article on Stalag XVII-B, Krems-Gneixendorf The largest labor camp of the Ostmark, STALAG XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf, detained prisoners of war and was located here. Up to 66,000 soldiers from France, Belgium, Poland, Italy, the Soviet Union, the USA and other countries were held nearby the village of Gneixendorf. The areas in which the prisoners of war came into contact with the local population are of particular interest in the research project, especially with regards to the forced labor deployed. It were the so-called "Außenkommandos" who were assigned to agricultural and forestry enterprises as well as factories and industrial and handicraft enterprises. Forced labor also benefited the city's large-scale construction activities during the Nazi era: Among other things, forced laborers were utilized for work on expanding the harbor, building the "Schmidhütte" steel and sheet metal rolling mill and its factory housing estate in what is now the Lerchenfeld district of Krems. To accommodate them, the prisoners of war were housed in barracks or vacant premises in the immediate vicinity of their workplaces. A topic that has remained completely unexplored to this day is the conditions of life and camps of civilian forced laborers in the district, many of them from Poland and Ukraine, who had to perform forced labor in the Krems area. After 1944, Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers in particular were housed in other Nazi labor camps, including those in Langenlois, Dross, Furth, Mautern, Rossatz and Spitz an der Donau. The research project explores the traces these different Nazi forced labor camps have left behind, some of which are barely visible today, others which are visible but have not been identified in their historical dimension. Source: Dr. Edith Blaschitz, Donau University, Krems Link to page within Brief History containing postal history from Stalag XVII-B Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
23rd July 1941 Panzertruppenschule I 23.07.1941 Panzertruppenschule reverse.jpeg 23.07.1941 Panzertruppenschule reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost cover sent from Panzertruppenschule I at Wünsdorf. Ref: 23.07.1941 Panzertruppenschule I From Wikipedia: Panzertruppenschule I (Armoured Troops School No.1) was originally formed as the Kraftfahrkampftruppenschule on 1st October 1937 at Wünsdorf. A year later it was renamed Panzertruppenschule . It was the first of two major schools set up by the German Panzerwaffe before World War II to train German armour officers to operate Panzers. The Panzertruppenschule was a 'branch school', where officer candidates were sent after 12–16 weeks spent in basic training, and having successfully undertaken an 8-week course at a Kriegsschule . Prospective panzer troops in the rank of Fähnrich undertook a 16-week training course which aimed to familiarise the officer candidates with the nuances and workings of a Panzer, and also with the tactics to be used when commanding panzers in the field. Upon graduation, the recruit was promoted to Oberfähnrich and sent on field probation. In June 1943, the only known flame-throwing versions of the StuG III, designated StuG III (Flamm) were delivered to the school, but were shortly thereafter destroyed by a fire started by a faulty flamethrower. In late 1943, the school was stripped of its experienced instructors, who were used to form the élite Panzer-Lehr-Division. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
19th June 1941 Stalag II-D 19.06.1941 verso.jpeg 19.06.1941 verso.jpeg 1/1 French POW letter-sheet sent from Stalag II-D in Stargard to an address in France. At this time the camp held approximately 6 French Officers, 26,700 other French army ranks and 60 French civilians, as well as Yugoslavian soldiers and civilians. Ref: 19.06.1941 Stalag II-D Stalag II-D operated in Stargard (Pomerania) starting in October 1939. It was still operating in January 1945. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
18th February 1941 Sign of the Times 1/0 Letter sent from the Motor Fuels Department (General Supplies) of the Gironde Préfecture to Ismaël Sanz in Bordeaux, requisitioning his car. The letterhead is printed with a mimeographed (?) message and typewritten postal address and title. The mimeographed message suggests that numerous letters where dispatched on this day. Ref: 18.02.1941 Link to an excellent article about life under German occupoation in Bordeaux Loose translation of the letter to Ismaël Sanz, 18th February 1941 'I have the honour of informing you that your vehicle has been retained by the Occupying Authorities to be made available to them. You will be informed at a later date when and where you should drive your car.' Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page
12th November 1941 Serbian Mi.P1-P6 Serbian Mi.P2 reverse Serbian Mi.P2 reverse 1/1 Serbian postal stationery Mi.P2 (1 Din green with red 'SERBIEN' from top left to bottom right, red guilloche overprint only over the old form - issued July 1941). Ref: 12.11.1941 Serbia Postal Stationery (post Yugoslavian armistice and surrender 18th April 1941) The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6th April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was put forward in 'Führer Directive No. 25', which Adolf Hitler issued on 27th March 1941, following a Yugoslav coup d'état that overthrew the pro-Axis government. The invasion commenced with an overwhelming air attack on Belgrade and facilities of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force (VVKJ) by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) and attacks by German land forces from southwestern Bulgaria. These attacks were followed by German thrusts from Romania, Hungary and the Ostmark (modern-day Austria, then part of Germany). Italian forces were limited to air and artillery attacks until 11th April, when the Italian Army attacked towards Ljubljana (in modern-day Slovenia) and through Istria and Lika and down the Dalmatian coast. On the same day, Hungarian forces entered Yugoslav Bačka and Baranya, but like the Italians they faced practically light resistance. Italians moved into Dalmatia also from Italian-controlled Albania, after repelling an initial Yugoslav attack there. Scholars have proposed several theories to explain the sudden collapse of the Royal Yugoslav forces, including poor training and equipment, generals eager to secure a quick cessation of hostilities, and fifth column activities by groups of Croatians, Slovenians, and ethnic Germans. The latter has been questioned by scholars who have suggested that the fifth column had little effect on the ultimate outcome. The invasion ended when an armistice was signed on 17th April 1941, based on the unconditional surrender of the Yugoslav army, which came into effect at noon on 18th April. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was then occupied and partitioned by the Axis powers. Most of Serbia and the Banat became a German zone of occupation while other areas of Yugoslavia were annexed by neighbouring Axis countries, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Albania and Bulgaria. Source: Wikipedia (2025) Mi.VP77 (1 Din red - issued 1937) Mi.VP78 (2 Din Carmine-red - issued 1937) Mi.VP85 (1 Din green - issued 1940) Mi.P1 (1 Din green with decorative green mesh - issued June 1941) Mi.P2 (1 Din green with red 'SERBIEN' from top left to bottom right, red guilloche overprint only over the old form - issued July 1941). Ref: 12.11.1941 Mi.P2 (1 Din green with decorative red mesh and 'SERBIEN' - issued July 1941) Mi.P3 (1.50 Din overprint on 1 Din green and 'SRBIJA' - issued August 1942) Mi.P4 (1.50 Din overprint on 1.50 Din green and 'SRBIJA' - issued 1943 onwards) Mi.P5 (undecorated postcard with Serbia Cyrillic text 'SRBIJA' above 'POST KARTE' - issued June 1943) Mi.P6 (2 Din green - issued August 1944) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
1st September 1941 MHB 51 01.09.1941 MHB 51.jpeg 01.09.1941 MHB 51.jpeg 1/1 Postcard sent from Grein to Vienna, featuring postage stamps from MHB 51 (most likely from booklet H-pane 98) and including stamp sequences W89, S211, and S171. Ref: 01.09.1941 Stamp sequences from booklet sheet MHB 51 Note that booklet sheet MHB 51 contains four different value stamps (plus two slogan labels). The left section features the 1 Pf (Mi.512) and 4 Pf (Mi.514), together with label A17. Whilst the right section contains the 5 Pf (Mi.515) and 6 Pf (Mi.516), together with label A14. The two sections are separated by two gutters with vertical lined ladders. MHB 51 - left section MHB 51 - central gutters KZ36 (Mi.515+Z+Z+Mi.516) from MHB 51. Ref: 23.10.1940 - 15/71 MHB 51 - right section Stamp sequence taken from the right portion of sheet MHB 51 (A14+Mi.515+Mi.515+Mi.516). Ref: 24.09.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page