'Ross' Verlag postcard depicting film actor Willy Fritsch. Ref: 10.03.1933 10th March 1933 Willy Fritsch 'Ross' Verlag postcard depicting film actor Willy Fritsch. Ref: 10.03.1933 Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (1901 - 1973) was a German theatre and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz Fritsch, the only son of a factory owner in Kattowitz (present-day Katowice) in the Prussian province of Silesia. After the bankruptcy of his father in 1912, the family moved to Berlin, where Fritsch Sr. worked as an employee of the Siemens-Schuckert company. Young Willy originally planned an apprenticeship as a mechanic, but soon began working as an extra at the Großes Schauspielhaus theatre. From 1919 he attended Max Reinhardt's drama school at the Deutsches Theater, where he debuted with small roles and played as understudy at times side by side with Marlene Dietrich (i.e. Spring Awakening ). He made his feature debut in films as a supporting player in 1920's Miss Venus and got his first important engagement in His Mysterious Adventure three years later. In 1925, Fritsch gained international attention by playing the leading role in the silent film A Waltz Dream directed by Ludwig Berger. Afterwards he was offered a United Artists contract, but refused to move to the United States, being concerned about his limited English. His career was pushed now through the UFA film company by being cast as a juvenile lover in silent comedies such as Chaste Susanne (1926), The Last Waltz (1927), Hungarian Rhapsody (1928), and Her Dark Secret (1929). Fritsch also starred in two silent films directed by Fritz Lang: the thriller Spies (1928) and the sci-fi film Woman in the Moon (1929), where he played serious characters. Again, these films gained him international success. In 1929, he spoke the first sentence in a German talkie: 'I'm saving money to buy a horse!' ( Melodie des Herzens / Melody of the Heart , 1929)). Shortly after that, he was paired again with Lilian Harvey, whom he had already played together with twice during the mid-1920s. Their joint musical love comedy Waltz of Love (1930) was such a huge success that its producer Erich Pommer decided to continue making films with the 'perfect couple' Harvey/Fritsch. Thereupon, they appeared regularly together in UFA movies such as The Three from the Filling Station (1930), Congress Dances by Erik Charell (1931) and A Blonde Dream (1932), but Fritsch was also playing in several movies at the side of Käthe von Nagy (i.e. in Billy Wilder's screenwriting debut Her Grace Commands , 1931 or I by Day, You by Night , 1932). He mainly starred in the German versions and was sometimes replaced by Henri Garat unless his movies were dubbed. In his musical comedies, Fritsch also turned out to be a good singer performing popular German film songs written by Werner Richard Heymann or Friedrich Holländer. At the end of the Weimar era, he was one of the best paid actors in Germany, drawing large crowds of fans wherever he appeared. Even palm court music was composed for him: Ich bin in Willy Fritsch verliebt (I'm In Love With Willy Fritsch) , 1931. Besides, Friedrich Holländer dedicated a Couplet to him the same year: Gebet einer 15 3/4-Jährigen - Warum ist der Willy Fritsch so schön? ( Prayer Of A 15 3/4 Year Old: Why Willy Fritsch Is Such A Cutie ) was written for the opening of the famous Tingel Tangel Theater in Berlin. When Hitler came to power in 1933, Fritsch was able to continue his career in Germany. In the mid-1930s, he was the leading actor in highly successful comedies such as Amphitryon (1935) directed by Reinhold Schünzel or Lucky Kids (1936, director Paul Martin), the latter a German adaption of Frank Capra's film It Happened One Night . By the end of the decade, he starred in two more comedies together with Lilian Harvey ( Seven Slaps , 1937 and Woman At The Wheel , 1939) before Harvey emigrated to France. In 1940, Fritsch also played the leading role in the first German coloured motion picture Women Are Better Diplomats . Though he had joined the NSDAP in response to the pressure put on him to do so, Fritsch avoided getting involved in Nazi propaganda, other than his appearance in the 1944 aviator movie Junge Adler [de] which earned him an entry on Goebbels' Gottbegnadeten list. Starring in Austrian originated comedies such as Vienna Blood (1942) directed by Willi Forst or A Salzburg Comedy (1943) written by Erich Kästner, he managed to survive the Hitler era without any loss of prestige, even while being watched by the secret police (Gestapo) for his 'lack of political reliability' despite his party membership. After the war, he moved to Hamburg and continued to appear in movies such as Film Without A Title (1948) together with Hildegard Knef, as well as in several German blockbusters such as The Heath Is Green (1951) and When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953) side by side with young Romy Schneider. In 1958, Fritsch starred in the German version of Mit Eva fing die Sünde an [de] , which was later adapted and filled with additional scenes by Francis Ford Coppola for his debut release of The Bellboy And The Playgirls (1962). Fritsch's final film was 1964's I Learned It from Father (Das hab' ich von Papa gelernt) directed by Axel von Ambesser, in which he performed together with his son Thomas. Fritsch was married to artistic dancer Dinah Grace in 1937 and became a father of two sons. The younger one, Thomas Fritsch, was a successful actor as well. Fritsch died of a heart attack aged 72 and was buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg. Source: Wikipedia (2024) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Official correspondence from the court cashier in Frankfurt a.M. to an address in Sindlingen (Frankfurt). Featuring an official 8 Pf postage stamp (Mi.136). Ref: 15.11.1934 15th November 1934 Title Official correspondence from the court cashier in Frankfurt a.M. to an address in Sindlingen (Frankfurt). Featuring an official 8 Pf postage stamp (Mi.136). Ref: 15.11.1934 Correspondence Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Commemorative postcard for the Day of National labour (May Day), 1st May 1933. Verlag Krüger und Lindenberg, Berlin. Design by Felix Albrecht. Ref: 03.05.1933 - Fleurs & Papillons 3rd May 1933 Felix Albrecht Commemorative postcard for the Day of National labour (May Day), 1st May 1933. Verlag Krüger und Lindenberg, Berlin. Design by Felix Albrecht. Ref: 03.05.1933 - Fleurs & Papillons Felix Albrecht (1900-???) German writer, illustrator and artistic activist of the NSDAP. Albrecht took part in the First World War from 1917 to 1918 and joined the German National People's Party (DNVP) in 1924. From 1925 to 1927 he studied at the State University of Fine Arts in Berlin and then worked as a freelance artist and writer. In the same year he joined the NSDAP and in 1930 the SS. On 18th October, 1931 he took part in an SA meeting in Braunschweig. On 6th December, 1931, he was promoted to SS-Sturmführer and became a freelance employee of the Reich Propaganda Directorate of the NSDAP and the SS. In 1933 he became an assessor of the Reich Literature Chamber in the Film Testing Office and in 1934 he became an art advisor in the Main Office for People's Welfare of the NSDAP as well as an SS-Hauptsturmführer. In 1938 he finally got a job in the NSDAP's main office for public welfare. He distinguished himself as a hard-working poster designer for the NSDAP. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Commercial postcard sent by Hagemann & Döpping to a radio shop in Sonneberg. Featuring postage stamp: Mi.465, first issued in January 1932. Ref: 11.02.1933. 1st January 1933 Pre 1933 Stamps Commercial postcard sent by Hagemann & Döpping to a radio shop in Sonneberg. Featuring postage stamp: Mi.465, first issued in January 1932. Ref: 11.02.1933. Pre-Third Reich postage stamps (used after 30th January 1930) 1922 Mi.238-Mi.245 (12.1922-06.1923) Regular issue: Worker. Mi.244 (March 1923) with 'Sammlerverein GERMANIA Coblenz.' overprint. Unfranked to the reverse of a 1946 envelope. Ref: 24.04.1946 - 15/92 1923 Mi.277-Mi.296 (24.08-09.1923) - Regular issue: Partial or new issue 'Number in Rectangle, 'Worker' and 'Number in Circle', with overprint. Mi.280 (24.08.1923). 20 Tsd on 12 M. Ref: 01.03.1946 - 16/3 Mi.338-Mi.343 (01.12.1923) - Definitive issue: value in circle with rosette (basket lid). Mi.343 (Dec. 1923) Ref: 07.10.1933 1924 Mi.105-Mi.113 (03-06.1924) - Official stamps: Mi.355-361 and Mi.362-Mi.363 overprinted 'Dienstmarke'. Mi.111 Official (March 1924) Ref: 27.02.1934 - 2/69 Mi.364-Mi.367 (11.05.1924/1927) - Definitive issue: Buildings. Mi.364 (May 1924/1927) Ref: 24.12.1935 1926 Mi.378-Mi.384 (01.04.1926/04.1927) - Airmail stamps. Mi.381 (Apr. 1926) Ref: 27.09.1933 - 1/3 1928 Mi.410-Mi.422 (01.09.1928) - Definitive stamps: German Presidents (Ebert and Hindenburg). More information here. Mi.410 (Sept. 1928) Ref: 02.04.1933 Mi.411 (Sept. 1928) Ref: 23.03.1933 - 10/74 Mi.412 (Sept.1928) Ref: 08.05.1933 Mi.414 (Sept. 1928) Ref: 09.03.1933 Mi.417 (Sept. 1928) Ref: 21.04.1933 - 9/23 Mi.418 (Sept. 1928) Ref: 23.01.1933 - 9/22 Mi.420 (Sept. 1928) Ref: 11.03.1935 Mi.422 (Sept 1928) Ref: 17.01.1934 - 1/4 1930 Mi.435-Mi.437 (08.02/09.1930) - Definitive stamps: German Presidents (Ebert and Hindenburg). More information here. Mi.435 (Feb. 1930) Ref: 23.03.1933 - 10/74 Mi.436 (Feb.1933) Ref: 01.09.1933 - 10/28 Mi.437 (Sept. 1930) Ref: 17.05.1933 - 10/6 Mi.440 (05.1930) Definitive as Mi.365 but with 'Zwei Reichsmark' (view of old Cologne) - See 13.11.1937 Mi.444-Mi.445 (30.06.1930) - Withdrawal of Allied occupation troops from the Rhineland. Mi.445 (Jun. 1930) Ref: 02.08.1934 1931 Mi.454 (15.02.1931) - Definitive stamp (Hindenburg). Mi.454 (Feb. 1931) Ref: 15.12.1933 Mi.455 (05.1931) - Airmail stamp. See 14.04.1935 Ref: Fleurs & Papillons 1932 Mi.465-Mi.466 (01.1932) - Definitive stamps: German Presidents (Ebert and Hindenburg). Mi.465 (Jan.1932) Ref: 11.02.1933 Mi.466 (Jan.1932) Ref: 24.08.1933 Mi.467-Mi.473 (01.10.1932) - Definitive stamps: Paul von Hindenburg (Medallion). Mi.467 (Oct. 1932) Ref: 24.03.1933 Mi.468 (Oct. 1932) Ref: 17.01.1934 - 1/4 Mi.469 (Oct. 1932) Ref: 15.12.1933 Mi.471 (Oct. 1932) Ref: 13.11.1933 Mi.472 (Oct. 1932) Ref: 17.01.1934 Mi.474-Mi.478 (01.11.1932) - German aid to the needy: Castles and palaces. More information here. Mi.474 (Nov. 1932) Ref: 18.03.1933 Mi.475 (Nov.1932) Ref: 28.03.1933 Mi.476 (Nov. 1932) Ref: 29.03.1933 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Commercial window envelope sent from a 'Ziegelverkaufsstelle' (brick sales outlet) in Degendorf to a customer in Oberalteich. Complete with 'Rechnung' (Invoice), 'Zahlkarte' (Payment Card/Slip), and slip advising on how to pay. Ref: 17.07.1934 - 1/5 17th July 1934 Ziegelverkaufsstelle Bricks Commercial window envelope sent from a 'Ziegelverkaufsstelle' (brick sales outlet) in Degendorf to a customer in Oberalteich. Complete with 'Rechnung' (Invoice), 'Zahlkarte' (Payment Card/Slip), and slip advising on how to pay. Ref: 17.07.1934 - 1/5 Invoice for 11,000 bricks - priced at 32RM per 100 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Commercial cover sent from Peter Schneiders, a newspaper distributor in Berlin, representing the 'Westfälische Landeszeitung'. The recipient being another newspaper, the 'Niederdeutschen Beobachter'. Ref: 13.11.1934 - 15/69 13th November 1934 Westfalische Landeszeitung Commercial cover sent from Peter Schneiders, a newspaper distributor in Berlin, representing the 'Westfälische Landeszeitung'. The recipient being another newspaper, the 'Niederdeutschen Beobachter'. Ref: 13.11.1934 - 15/69 Westfälische Landeszeitung and Rote Erde From Wikipedia: The Westfälische Landeszeitung – Rote Erde was the official organ of the NSDAP and all authorities in the Westphalia-South Gau, based in Bochum. The Westfälische Landeszeitung – Rote Erde appeared daily in Dortmund from 30th January 1934 to 22nd April 1945. It was a combination of an official gazette and a party newspaper of the NSDAP and thus reflected the takeover of state functions by the NSDAP. It took over the expropriated General-Anzeiger for Dortmund, which was distributed from 21st April 1933 to 29th January 1934 with the subtitle Rote Erde. The predecessor as a party newspaper before the seizure of power was the Rote Erde , which was published daily by Josef Wagner in Bochum from 2nd February 1931 to 2nd May1933 with the additions Bochum National Zeitung , Observer for Hagen and the Sauerland , Dortmunder Nationalanzeiger , Kampfblatt for National Socialist Politics . The managing director was the later mayor of Herne, Albert Meister. The newspaper was the National Socialist organ for the Westphalia-South region. It was banned several times in 1931, among other things because it despised Reich PresidentPaul von Hindenburg. Its editor-in-chief Otto Piclum was appointed State Commissioner for Bochum on 24th March 1933 and later the city's mayor. Niederdeutschen Beobachter Official organ of the NSDAP and of the Reich Governor for Mecklenburg and Lübeck ( Friedrich Hildebrandt, 1898-1948) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard depicting a view of Stuttgart. Beneath the image is printed (in part) an homage to Stuttgart by Karl Gerok. Ref: 17.05.1934 17th May 1934 Stuttgart Postcard depicting a view of Stuttgart. Beneath the image is printed (in part) an homage to Stuttgart by Karl Gerok. Ref: 17.05.1934 Stuttgart (Überroller-post - Allied occupation 21./22.04.1945) The poem (above) is taken from 'Greetings to Stuttgart' (c.1867) by Karl Geroks. It reads: There you lie now in the sunshine Beautiful as I have ever seen you In your mountain green wreath My Stuttgart, there again. Lying there, flamed by the evening gold Nestled in the valley As if set in green velvet A golden jewel lies there! Karl Gerok (1815 - 1890), German preacher and religious poet. He studied at Tübingen, and became chief court preacher and chief consistorial councillor in Stuttgart in 1868. Postcard depicting the Marktplatz in Stuttgart. The correspondence on the reverse reads, in English, 'We are spending three days here & then going on to the Black Forest. These are some of the old houses, but just round the corner are some modern German skyscrapers.' Ref: 02.08.1934 - 24/15 See 20.03.1939 - image of Stuttgart See 03.05.1933 - Schloß parade Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

1st January 1933 Mi.P217 - P220