3rd December 1934 August Kalb ALSO SEE 07.11.1923 - 21/31 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Stamps first issued on 1st September 1934 to commemorate the Nuremberg Party Rally. 1st September 1934 Mi.546-547 Stamps first issued on 1st September 1934 to commemorate the Nuremberg Party Rally. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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12th April 1933 Mi.482-495 Mi.482-Mi.495 Definitives (Hindenburg Medallion) Notes: Design: Karl Goetz ('medallion' first used for the 1st Oct. 1932 Hindenburg issue - Mi.467-473). Letterpress printing (Rotary - Harper & Scheck). Sheets 10 x 10. Watermark: horizontal waffles (mesh). Perf. 14:14¼ (14:14½ - Harper & Scheck). Quantity issued: unknown. Valid until May 1945 Karl Goetz Born on June 28th, 1875, in Augsburg, Goetz attended the school of art in Augsburg, and continued his education in schools of art in Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, and Düsseldorf from 1895 to 1897. He then went to Utrecht, in Holland, and later to Le Locle, during the years 1897 to 1899, spent 5 years in Paris, and in 1904 moved to Munich. He grew to love this ancient city and it became his home. One of the proudest moments of Goetz's life came when the city of Munich awarded him rights as a citizen. He lived there for forty six years, until his death on 8th September 1950. Now an artist in his own field, Goetz led an active life, becoming a member of the Munich Artists Society, The Numismatic Society, The Antique Club of Munich, and The Austrian Association for Numismatics in Vienna. Nevertheless, Goetz managed to create over 800 medals. A great number of these medals are shown and possessed by the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin, the Münzkabinett in Munich, the Germanische Museum Nürnberg, and the Münzkabinetts Vienna, Grafenhage, and London. The Universitetets Myntkabinett in Oslo, Norway has 69 Goetz medals on display. There are also many medals which are owned by the American Numismatic Society in New York. Some of the largest private collections in the United States are the Saginaw Valley Collection, and, of course, the KarlGoetz.com Collection. Many of the medals made by Goetz were reduced in size to 60, 36, and 21 mm. The metal molds and steel dies were worked over and finished by Goetz himself, since he had gone through an engraver's apprenticeship in Augsburg. These medals were minted in bronze, silver, and gold by the Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich. One of the most common was the 'Hindenburg' 80th birthday commemorative, K-386, struck in silver and gold, Mintage figures of these medals exceeded one million struck. Hundreds of metal moulds and steel dies, which had been stored in the Hauptmünzamt in Munich, were rendered unserviceable by the bombings of World War II. Because of this portrait medal of Hindenburg, made in 1927, Goetz received the commission to design the Hindenburg postage stamp for the government in the year 1932. In 1946 Karl Goetz worked on his last medal, the great K-633, 'The German Passion.' On the reverse side is inscribed a passage taken from the Lord's prayer, 'Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors, and lead us not in temptation, but deliver us from evil.' On the other side the figure of a man, praying to Jesus Christ on the cross, resembles Goetz himself. This medal seems to have a wealth of symbolic meaning. One is reminded that Goetz and his fatherland, at the end of World War II in 1945, faced the question of what evil deeds had been committed during the fatal twelve years of the Hitler regime. This last medal by Goetz deserves recognition as the culmination of his lifework. It is fitting that his son Guido, who finished this medal due to his father's illness, changed the date from 1946, to 1950. It was an appropriate act to date this medal with Karl Goetz's year of death. Goetz was a man of genius who lived for his work. In the last years before his death, he had suffered from paralysis of the right hand; yet he continued his work as long as he was able. By the time of his death the right side of his body had become completely paralyzed. Karl Goetz died at the age of seventy-five on 8th September 1950. Source: karlgoetz.com Mi.482 (Apr.1933). Ref: 31.07.1933 Mi.482 (Apr. 1933) Printing error. Ref: 25.04.1935 - 28/64 Mi.483 (4 Pf) Mi.484 (Apr.1933). Ref: 07.06.1933 Also see 36/36 - 6 Pf Hinbenburg Med. stamp from childrens play set Mi.485 (Apr.1933). Ref: 30.01.1934 Mi.486 (10 Pf) Mi.487 (Apr.1933). Ref: 05.11.1933 Mi.488 (Aug.1933) Ref: 20.06.1934 Rare on cover. Could be Mi.520? Mi.489 (20 Pf) Mi.490 (30 Pf) Mi.491 (40 Pf) Mi.492 (50 Pf) Mi.493 (60 Pf) Mi.494 (80 Pf) Mi.495 (100 Pf) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

20th January 1934 carlo egler honig Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

2nd August 1934 Mi.P232 No postcard reference (One of 144 dark green postcards - short tail on horizontal 'e' in the word Postkart e , no reference numbers to foot) 'This morning at 9 o'clock the President of the Reich Field Marshal Paul v. Hindenburg passed away. Today 20 years ago outbreak of the world war on 2.8.14 - 1914 - 1934' Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

16th July 1934 DJH Hostels Also see 23.07.1940 (Adolf Hitler Jugend Herberge Berchtesgaden) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

4th September 1933 Mi. P218 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.364-367 (11.05.1924) Definitives: Buildings Mi.364-367 Mi.364 - 367 Definitive stamps: Buildings Mi.364 - see 24.12.1935 Mi.365 Mi.366 - see 4/136 Mi.367 - ? Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

9th May 1934 Monte Olivia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

'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

2nd May 1933 Mi.P248 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page