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16th March 1946 16th March 1946 16.03.1946 Stuttgart obliteration reverse.jpeg 16.03.1946 Stuttgart obliteration reverse.jpeg 1/1 Obliterated Hitler Head postcard (Mi.P300 - RPD Stuttgart). Sent from the stamp dealer Ernst Reinhardt in Friolzheim to a client in Stuttgart. Featuring postage stamps Mi.1 (3 Rpf American printing), and Mi.916 (6 Rpf - 1st Control Commission Issue). Ref: 16.03.1946 - 13/110 The message reads, in part, 'I have received your mailing of 11.3. today, as well as the transfer from Leonberg, thank you very much! I can give you something from your missing list, unfortunately not much, because I would have to break up the sets... Would you take (possibly in exchange) unused D. Reich, Michel 730/733 each 8 pieces, 734 10 pieces, 735/736 each 8 pieces? 737/38 unfortunately nothing.... As you informed me that you have the second part of the Michel 1944/45, would you not leave it with me... so that I can make additions to the Michel 1943...' Notes: Mi.730 to Mi.738 refer to the Winter Relief Buildings set of nine values, issued on the 27th October and 9th November 1939. In the Michel Monats Berichte No1. September 1941the Hitler Head issues are catalogues 781-798. This is the same in their German Specialised of 2016. However, due to the inclusion of high value Hitler Head definitives (of 1944), the catalogue numbering is thrown out of sequence. So, the 9th September 1941 issue for horseracing, 'The Grand Prize of the Reich Capital City', catalogued in 1941 as Mi.799, is now catalogued as Mi.803. Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

25th July 1945 Pages from 'PUNCH' 25th July 1945 Pages from 'PUNCH' Punch icon.png Punch icon.png 1/1 Cartoon from PUNCH magazine 25th July 1945. Hermann Göring sits with Joachim von Ribbentrop as they contemplate their future. The caption reads AT THE CRIME CLUB "I wonder if they'll give us time to write our memoirs?" Göring from Wikipedia: Göring made an appeal asking to be shot as a soldier instead of hanged as a common criminal, but the court refused. He committed suicide with a potassium cyanide capsule the night before he was to be hanged. Speculation as to how Göring obtained the poison holds that US Army lieutenant Jack G. Wheelis, who was stationed at the trials, retrieved the capsules from their hiding place among Göring's confiscated personal effects and passed them to Göring, who had earlier presented Wheelis with his gold watch, pen, and cigarette case. In 2005, former US Army private Herbert Lee Stivers, who served in the 1st Infantry Division's 26th Infantry Regiment—the honour guard for the Nuremberg Trials—claimed he gave Göring 'medicine' hidden inside a fountain pen that a German woman had asked him to smuggle into the prison. Stivers later said that he did not know what was in the pill until after Göring's suicide. Ribbentrop From Wikipedia: On 16th October 1946, Ribbentrop became the first of those sentenced to death at Nuremberg to be hanged, after Göring committed suicide just before his scheduled execution. The hangman was U.S. Master Sergeant John C. Woods. Ribbentrop was escorted up the 13 steps of the gallows and asked if he had any final words. He said: "God protect Germany. God have mercy on my soul. My final wish is that Germany should recover her unity and that, for the sake of peace, there should be understanding between East and West. I wish peace to the world." Nuremberg Prison Commandant Burton C. Andrus later recalled that Ribbentrop turned to the prison's Lutheran chaplain, Henry F. Gerecke, immediately before the hood was placed over his head and then he whispered, "I'll see you again." His body, like those of the other nine executed men and of the suicide Hermann Göring, was cremated at Ostfriedhof (Munich) and his ashes were scattered in the river Isar. Note: Between 25th August and 23rd September 1946 Ribbentrop wrote his memoirs, published as 'The Ribbontrop Memoirs' , Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

5th April 1946 5th April 1946 05.04.1946 Freiburg reverse.jpeg 05.04.1946 Frieburg message.jpeg 05.04.1946 Freiburg reverse.jpeg 1/2 Cover sent from Freiburg to an address in Karlsruhe. Featuring French Zone stamps Mi.12 and Mi.13 (definitives first issued in April 1946). Ref: 05.04.1946 - 14/21 Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

5th July 1943 Feldpost calendars of 1943 5th July 1943 Feldpost calendars of 1943 1/0 See 05.07.1943 Other printed calendars: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 , 1944 , 1945 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Vignettes & Labels Vignettes & Labels Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Vignettes & Labels a directory of non-philatelic ephemera attached to covers and postcards etc. Undated 'Eat German Cheese...' Luftwaffe eagles (adhesive labels - all design types) 'Für Deutschlands Einheit und Gerechten frieden' (See 25.07.1948 - 15/46) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

19th June 1942 Kriegerdenkmal, Munich 1/1 Postcard depicting the crypt and the statue of the fallen soldier at the Kriegerdenkmal at the Hofgarten in Munich. Ref: 19.06.1942 Kriegerdenkmal, Munich The Kriegerdenkmal ('warrior memorial') in the Hofgarten in Munich was built for commemorating those killed in action in World War I from Munich. It is located on the eastern end of the Hofgarten, in front of the Bayerische Staatskanzlei. In the middle of a rectangular pit an open crypt is located, containing the statue of a fallen soldier. The 2.25 meters deep pit measures 28×17 meters and is clad in Muschelkalk. Four cornered stairs lead down into it. On the north Muschelkalk wall of this outer room is a relief of marching soldiers and in contrast, the southern wall has a relief of a burial ground.The crypt itself consists of 12 blocks of stone which carry a 2 meters thick and 250 tons heavy roof panel. The stones form a room of 7.30×3.50 meters. 12 stairs – 5 on each long side and 1 on each short side – each one with 7 steps, lead down to the larger-than-life size monument of the fallen soldier. The memorial was designed by sculptor Karl Knappe and the architects Thomas Wechs and Eberhard Finsterwalder. Bernhard Bleeker created the monument of the fallen soldier and its base of red marble. The original marble statue was replaced by a bronze cast in 1972, made by Thomas Wimmer, and is now exhibited in the Bavarian Army museum in Ingolstadt. Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, the son of the last Bavarian King, inaugurated the memorial site in 1924. However, it was only entirely finished in 1928. It is now a cultural heritage. Originally, the names of the KIA from Munich were engraved into the walls. Due to the damage from World War II, the memorial was rebuilt without the names, as the old inscription was destroyed and the list of names that was originally used became lost. The new inscription read, ' Zum Gedenken/ an die 22.000 Gefallenen/ 11.000 Vermissten/ 6.600 Opfer des Luftkrieges/ der Stadt München/ 1939-1945 ' ('For the commemoration/ of the 22,000 killed in action/ 11,000 missing in action/ 6,600 casualties of the aerial warfare/ in the city of Munich/ 1939-1945') was added on the inside. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

31st May 1943 Cartolina Postale 31st May 1943 Cartolina Postale 1/1 CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE. Italian propaganda postcard sent from a soldier of (RESEARCH REQUIRED - 'PM 29' Assigned to the 59th Infantry Division "Cagliari" and includes the 63rd and 59th Infantry Division "Cagliari", 59th Artillery Regiment and the 28th Legion CC.NN..). Featuring a propaganda quotation from Mussolini. Ref: 31.05.1943 'Armi e cuori devono essere tesi verso la mèta: conquistare la vittoria.' MUSSOLINI (Weapons and hearts must be turned towards the goal: conquering victory.) Further example of a 'Cartolina Postale per le Forze Armate' featuring the 'Armi e cuori...' quote from Mussolini. Sent from a soldier of Divisione 'Forli'. PM 38 (Assigned to the 36th Infantry Division 'Forlì'; includes the 43rd and 44th Infantry Regiments, the 36th Artillery Regiment and the 112th Legion CC.NN.). Ref: 27.08.1943 The typewritten message reads, in part, 'The mail hasn't arrived yet, so you can imagine how worried and anxious I am to receive news after the bombing in your town. I don't know if my letters reach you regularly, at least I hope so so you will be reassured. I always advise you to be alert when they come to bomb you, try, if possible, to get away. Let me know the news about Goffredo. I often write to him. Olga has written me a letter and assures me that she is well, but she is anxious because of the constant alarms.' It is noted that Avellino is only 16 miles north of Salerno. It was on the 9th September, just over a week from this correspondence being written, that Operation Avalanche was launched. The Allied landings near the port of Salerno heralded the invasion of Italy. There is no doubt that areas on the coast and set further back would have been 'softened up' in preparation for the landings. The Shroud of Turin: Fr. Cardin described the great secrecy with which the operation was carried out in Sept. 1939. The Shroud was secretly transported from Turin by way of Rome, to be placed below an altar in the Abbey of Montevergine near Avellino under the cover of night. The secret was kept throughout the war despite a search of the premises carried out by German soldiers in 1943 following a bombing of Avellino. The relic was protected, said Fr. Cardin, as, upon hearing of the coming of the soldiers, the monks retired to pray at the altar. 'An officer', he explained, 'seeing them in prayer, gave the order not to disturb (them) and that was how the sacred relic went undiscovered.' The Shroud was returned to Turin in 1946. Source: catholicnewsagency.com Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

23rd December 1943 23rd December 1943 Mi.51 Plate Flaw - 51 PF XIV - bulge on upper right on lower arc of '3'. Ref: 23.12.1945 Mi.51 Plate Flaw - 51 PF II - tip of the white frame on upper left over 'P' of 'POST' broadened. Ref: 23.12.1945 Mi.51 Plate Flaw - 51 PF XIV - bulge on upper right on lower arc of '3'. Ref: 23.12.1945 1/2 Cover sent from Dresden? to Dresden featuring a block of four 3pf - Mi.51 (some with plate flaws). Ref: 23.12.1945

26th August 1939 Barlog 1480 26th August 1939 Barlog 1480 1/1 Barlog cartoon postcard depicting a woman sat waiting on a park bench whilst soldiers run back to their barracks. Bestell-Nr.1480. Ref: 26.08.1939 The caption reads: Translation required Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

25th January 1943 25th January 1943 1/1 Postcard sent via feldpost depicting the Autobahn at Frankfurt a.M. Ref: 25.01.1943

24th June 1940 'Adler' (4.40) 1/0 See 24.06.1940 - 23/93 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Cover sent from Köln (featuring postage stamps from MHB 45), with a vignette to the reverse advertising the 'Healthy Living Happy Work' exhibition in Berlin, 25th September - 6th November 1938. Ref: 20.11.1938 - 4/28 20th November 1938 Healthy Living - Happy Work 20.11.1938 Hotel Kurhaus reverse.jpeg 20.11.1938 Hotel Kurhaus reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Köln (featuring postage stamps from MHB 45), with a vignette to the reverse advertising the 'Healthy Living Happy Work' exhibition in Berlin, 25th September - 6th November 1938. Ref: 20.11.1938 - 4/28 Healthy Living Happy Work 'Gesundes Leben Frohes Schaffen' Ausstellung Gesundes Leben Frohes Schaffen Berlin 24th September - 6th November 1938 The image motif comes from the exhibition poster, which was designed by the brothers Hannes and Hein Neuner. In the foreground you can see a beaming woman in a white sports shirt. She leans against an ideally depicted worker who wears a short-sleeved blue shirt and a hammer on his shoulder. Both stand back to back and look up at the blue sky. The DHM took part in the national exhibition 'Healthy Living - Happy Work' in Berlin (24th September to 6th November, 1938) and formed the scientific core groups. The most famous objects from the museum workshops are the Glass Factory, the Poison Man, the Accident Carousel and the special group: Know Yourself! The traveling exhibition 'Health in Everyday Life' emerged from the core groups and was shown from 1939 to 1941. From the Deutsche Hygiene Museum Hannes Nueuner From Olympedia.org Hans Ferdinand 'Hannes' Neuner submitted a design for the lifestyle magazine Die Neue Linie (The New Line) for the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the Art Competitions, in the paintings category. Subsequently, his brother Hein (1910-1984) was also involved in the design of the magazine. This was the first German lifestyle magazine, published from 1929-43, and at that time a unique project. It contained articles about lifestyle, fashion, and literature, as well as trends in travel, art, and architecture, especially from the Bauhaus point of view. It was mainly produced for the fashion-conscious and intellectual elite, especially women. The Nazis used this magazine for propaganda to influence the population. The cover of issue 12 from August 1936 shows a hand with a laurel wreath, an antique Hoplitodromos runner, and Doric columns. According to the imprint, the color offset print in the format 36.8 x 26.7 cm was made by Hans Ferdinand and Hein Neuner. Neuner studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt and later at the Frankfurt Academy. In 1943 he had to leave Berlin, as his home was bombed out, and returned to his parents in Aschaffenburg. In 1946 he turned back to free artistic creations in the old mill stream near the village of Obernaus. In 1949 Neuner joined the faculty of the National School of Arts and Crafts in Saarbrücken, where he and his wife Eve (1914-1979) became members of the “New Saar Group.” In 1953, Neuner was named professor at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts and was a successful teacher until his retirement in 1969. His son Burkard became a visual artist specializing in concrete and glass work. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page