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4th September 1941 EGB 3 4th September 1941 EGB 3 1/1 Postcard PP121 (142 x 105mm - though catalogued at 106mm) featuring stamp sequence W98 (Mi.512+A13.2+Mi.512 x2) from vending machine strip EGB3 (Hindenburg Medallion first issued in June 1941). Ref: 04.09.1941 Stamp sequences from Vending Machine Strip EGB 3 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

13th January 1944 13th January 1944 1/1 Felpdostbrief sent from Fürth to Luftwaffe FPN L 22631 (Via the L.G.P.A. - Luftgau personnel office - in Brussels). Ref: 13.01.1944 Enclosed correspondence Loose translation using DeepL We wish you all the best for the new year and that you will be reunited with your loved ones in good health. We are very pleased with your kind lines and thank you very much for them. We could see from it that your present sphere of activity suits you quite well. How could it be otherwise, perhaps it's also in the south of France and even more so in a castle. Unfortunately, your family was also affected by the attack. All this can still happen to us and we have to get through this time as well as possible. In life, everything passes and it will be granted to us to still experience the good times, that is our wish. I have one piece of news to tell you: I have got engaged and if it works out, I may get married very soon. Aren't you very surprised about this? We are doing quite well. I hope you will come and visit us when you are on leave. Bring us peace right away, that would be the greatest joy you could bring us.This year, the decision must be made. This year, the decision must be made. We wish you all the best for the great task in life that you have to fulfil, and we send you our warmest greetings.

4th April 1942 Feldpost 'h' designation 04.04.1942 'h' designation reverse.jpeg 04.04.1942 'h' designation reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost cover with clear 'h' designation on the cancel (level position). Ref: 04.04.1942 '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 'h' variations Small typeface. Level position. Local field post office number. Ref: 29.05.1941 Condensed typeface with narrow shoulder. Level position. Ref: 19.09.1944 - 14/16 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Commemorative postcard celebrating the 5th Deutscher Apothekertag and the 1st Großdeutscher Apothekertag, Frankfurt a.M. 28th - 30th May 1938. Featuring a special cancellation (JB:Frankfurt (Main)87/285). Ref:29.05.1938 29th May 1938 5th Apothekertag 1/1 Commemorative postcard celebrating the 5th Deutscher Apothekertag and the 1st Großdeutscher Apothekertag, Frankfurt a.M. 28th - 30th May 1938. Featuring a special cancellation (JB:Frankfurt (Main)87/285). Ref:29.05.1938 Nazi views on public health developed within the context of German cultural traditions and medical science in the early 20th century. Many of the regime's public health priorities—such as eugenics, group exercise, and warnings against alcohol and tobacco—were first popularised during the years of the Weimar Republic. For example, in the 1930 film, 'Born out of Necessity', young Germans are urged to fight the negative health effects of life in modern cities by exercising together and engaging in wholesome social activities instead of drinking and smoking. These themes were later reflected in public health policies after the Nazi rise to power in 1933. Nazi public health officials adopted many of these traditions and ideas, but the Nazi regime’s public health policies were concerned solely with promoting the health of so-called 'Aryan' Germans. According to Nazi ideology, every member of the so-called ' Volksgemeinschaft ' (German racial community) was like a single cell in the larger national body. Each individual had a duty to stay healthy and strong so that the German nation could conquer other peoples and colonise their lands. These theories about individual health and national strength were influential throughout Europe and the United States in the early 20th century. However, Nazi Germany's policies were much more extreme than those of any other nation. Source and for more informa tion: https://perspectives.ushmm.org/collection/public-health-under-the-third-reich Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

26th February 1945 26th February 1945 26.02.1945 We Believe in German Victory reverse.jpeg 26.02.1945 We Believe in German Victory reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost envelope featuring a hand-stamped slogan stating, 'Wir glauben an den deutschen sieg' (We believe in a german victory). Ref: 26.02.1945

11th March 1935 DAF - Zahlungsbestätigung 1/0 DAF - Zahlungsbestätigung postcard - See 12.03.1935 - 24/62 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Luftschutz Cancellations Luftschutz Cancellations 1/0 Luftschutz cancellations See 27.05.1940 - 23/85 (JB:140/816) Fulfil your air protection duty! (26.02.1936 - 1940) JB:203/822 - 'Erfülle Deine/ Luftschutzpflicht!' (special cancellation used in six German cities: Berlin, Duisburg, Hannover, Kassel, Saarbrücken, Trier). Ref: 08.09.1936 JB:203/822 variation - 'Erfülle Deine/ Luftschutzpflicht!' (special cancellation used in six German cities: Berlin, Duisburg, Hannover, Kassel, Saarbrücken, Trier). Ref: 15.09.1940 JB:285/830 - 5 Jahre/ Reichsluftschutz-/ bund!/ 5 Jahre/ Einsatz für/ Deutschland!/ 1933 - 1938' (used in 15 cities). Ref: 29.05.1938 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

29th March 1940 Barlog 8719 1/1 Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a photographer involved in conversation with a smart looking soldier. Bestell-Nr.8719. Ref: 29.03.1940 The caption reads: Translation required VARIATION Bestell-Nr.8719. Identical image and caption text to the postcard from 1940, the differences being a grey shaded border, the 'clear' publishers logo, and the Bestell-Nr. is in an italic font. Ref: 13.11.1941 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

22nd June 1937 'Deutschland' incident 22nd June 1937 'Deutschland' incident 22.06.1937 verso.jpeg 22.06.1937 verso.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent by 'El Interventor' (Chief Accounting Officer, from the town council at Palma de Mallorca) to Kurt Haffeneier (?) (a 'Feuerwerker - Ordinance Technician) on board the 'Panzerschiff Deutschland', moored at Wilhelmshaven. The correspondence arrives a month from when the heavy cruiser had disembarked from Mallorca and subsequent bombing by Soviet aircraft on the 29th May 1937. Note about the cover: a postage stamp has been cut from the upper right corner. Ref: 22.06.1937 - 3/138 The 'Deutschland' incident The Deutschland incident of 1937 occurred in May of that year, during the Spanish Civil War. On 29th May 1937, a pair of Tupolev SB Soviet bombers attached to the Spanish Republican Air Force raided Nationalist air bases and the port of Ibiza, in the Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft departed from the airbase of Los Alcázares, near Cartagena. The German heavy cruiser Deutschland , which was part of the International Non-Intervention Committee patrol, was anchored off Ibiza and was allegedly misidentified by the bombers' crew as the Nationalist heavy cruiser Canarias . Two Soviet pilots, Captain Anton Progrorin and Lieutenant Vassily Schmidt, dropped their bombs on Deutschland , causing large fires on the ship and killing 31 sailors and wounding 74. The following day German naval forces shelled the Republican held city of Almería in retaliation for the Republican air attacks on Deutschland . (See 14.06.1937 postcard from 'Seeadler' ) Because of the Deutschland incident, Germany and Italy left the meetings of the Non-Intervention Committee. The heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer shelled the port and the city of Almería with 200 rounds, resulting in 19 deaths, 55 wounded, and the destruction of 35 buildings. Source: Wikipedia Notes: 29th May - Bombed 30th May - British dockyard at Gibraltar 31st May - In the Mediterranean 11th June - Return to Gibraltar to pick up wounded sailors 16th June - Arrives back in Wilhelmshaven Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th May 1942 Johannes Riemann 15.05.1942 Johannes Riemann reverse.jpeg 15.05.1942 Johannes Riemann reverse.jpeg 1/1 Ross-Verlag postcard depicting actor Johannes Riemann (signed). With a hand-stamped declaration to the message panel stating, 'Autograph requests can only be considered if a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a film postcard are enclosed.' Ref: 15.05.1942 Johannes Riemann (1888-1959) (Staatsschauspieler) Selected filmography: Maid Happy (1933), The Gentleman from Maxim's (1933), Grand Duchess Alexandra (1933), Police Report (1934), All Lies (1938), Yvette (1938), Renate in the Quartet (1939), Her First Experience (1939), Marriage in Small Doses (1939), Bel Ami (1939), Everything for Gloria (1941), Friedemann Bach (1941), The Little Residence (1942), A Man for My Wife (1943), Beloved Darling (1943), The Song of the Nightingale (1944). Notes on Riemann's earlier performance in City without Jews (1924): The City Without Jews was released in 1924 and was a box-office success internationally as well as in Austria. It marks the screen debut of Austrian actor, Hans Moser, who went on to become a popular comedy star in German cinema, as the buffoonish and anti-Semitic Councillor Bernart. In real life, Moser was far from an anti-Semite, and refused to divorce his Jewish wife during the Nazi regime. By contrast, German actor Johannes Riemann , who plays the film’s Jewish hero Leo, became a Nazi party member in the 1930s and Joseph Goebbels honoured him with the rank of Staatsschauspieler or ‘State Actor’ in 1939. He notoriously performed at a cabaret show for the staff of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. Source: Barbican.org Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

15th July 1941 Stalag XVIII-A 15th July 1941 Stalag XVIII-A Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Stalag XVIII-A Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Instructions & declarations Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Instructions & declarations 29.12.1941 Leitmann RPD labels cover.jpeg 29.12.1941 Leitmann RPD labels cover.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Berlin to an address in Hannover. Redirected to Wiesbaden from where it has been returned. Notice to the reverse indicates that the post office had to open the letter in order to determine the senders address (hand-written in red ink to the front cover). Ref: 29.12.1941 Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Hand-stamped instructions and declarations From 1st April 1934, the senior postal directorates were called the Reichspostdirektion (RPD). The task of a senior post office was to relieve the burden on the general post office in Berlin. As a new middle authority, they had to manage the post offices operating in their district, personnel management and cash management. The senior postal director ran the administration in the district entrusted to him independently and under his own responsibility. Due to the reorganisation of the Saar region in 1935, the number of senior postal directorates grew again to 41 with the establishment of the Saarbrücken senior postal directorate. In National Socialist Germany, the number of senior postal directorates rose to 51 due to the incorporation of additional areas. The ten new senior postal directorates were located in Aussig, Gdansk, Graz, Innsbruck, Karlsbad, Klagenfurt, Linz (Donau), Poznan, Troppau and Vienna. Conquered and occupied areas were connected to the German Reichspost through the 'Deutsche Dienstpost…' organisation, the post offices were Germanised and later looked after by the Reichspostdirektion. On 1st January 1940, Danzig had to supply 373 post offices and offices, Gumbinnen 10, Königsberg 25, Oppeln 263 and Posen. In the course of simplifying administration during the war, 13 Reich postal directorates were abolished in 1943 (Aachen, Bamberg, Karlsbad, Kassel, Köslin, Landshut (Bavaria), Oldenburg (Oldb), Potsdam, Regensburg, Speyer, Trier, Troppau and Würzburg ). On May 8, 1945, there were still 38 Reich postal departments. Source: Wikipedia GERMAN 1941 Absender nicht ermittelt/ Postamt Berlin SW11 Empfänger in Wiesbaden nicht ermittelt 1943 Nicht ermittelt/ P.A. Berlin W.50 1946 Empfänger und Straße in Stuttgart unbekannt German/ Commercial/ Permission 69 (together with D.R.P. sealing label) BRITISH 1938 Express Fee Paid 6d 1939 Maison Vide/ Al Mittente Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page