1st May 1947 1st May 1947 Mi.1-13 Baden Definitives Mi.1 - Mi.13 French Zone - Baden definitives Mi.1 (2 Pf) Mi.2 (3 Pf) Mi.3 (10 Pf) Mi.4 (12 Pf - 10.05.1947) Johann Peter Hebel. Ref: 14.11.1947 - 16/38 Mi.5 (15 Pf) Mi.6 (16 Pf) Mi.7 (20 Pf) Mi.8 (24 Pf) Mi.9 (45 Pf) Mi.10 (60 Pf) Mi.11 (75 Pf) Mi.12 (84 Pf) Mi.13 (1 M) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

German Third Reich Stamp issues Mi.479 - 910 German Third Reich Stamp issues Mi.479 - 910 German 3rd Reich postage stamp issues (1933-1945) Cover featuring Mi.498, the 'Chicagofahrt' overprint, celebrating the airship 'Graf Zeppelin' (LZ127) and its flight to the World's Fair in Chicago. Ref: 14.10.1933 - 10/8 German postage stamps 1922 - 1945 1922 1923 1924 11th May 1924/1927 - Definitives: Buildings (Mi.364-367) 1925 1926 1927 1 927/ December 1933 - OFFICIAL (straw hat pattern) ( Mi.114-131 ) 1928 1st September 1928 - Definitives (Presidents Ebert and Hindenburg) ( Mi.410 - 422 ) 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 12th April - Opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam (Mi.479-481) April/August 1933 - Definitives: President von Hindenburg. (Mi.482-495 Wmk.2 X - Horizontal waffle watermark) 25th September - Chicago World Exhibition Flight of Graf Zeppelin (Mi.496-498) 1st November - Wagner's Operas (Mi.499-507) 29th November - St. Elizabeth overprinted '1923-1933' , Miniature Sheet (Mi.508-511, Block 2) 4th December/ February 1936 - Definitives: President von Hindenburg. (Mi.512 - 528 Wmk.4 Swastika) 1934 18th January - OFFICIAL (oak leaf wreath) (Mi.132-143) 21st January - Airmail (Mi.529 - 539) 30th June - Colonial Explorers (Mi.540 - 543) 26th August - Saar Vote on the 13th January 1935 (Mi.544 - 545) 1st September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg (Mi.546 - 547) 4th September - Death of Paul von Hindenburg (Mi.548 - 553) 5th November - 175th Birthday of Friedrich von Schiller (Mi.554 - 555) 5th November - German Emergency Aid: Professions (Mi.556 - 564) 1935 16th January - Saar Plebiscite (13.01.1935) (Mi.565 - 568) 15th March - Hero Memorial Day for Soldiers Killed in the First World War (Mi.569 - 570) 26th April - Reich Profession Competition ( 'Reichsberufswettkampf' ) (Mi.571 - 572) 21st June - Composers (Schütz, Bach, and Handel) (Mi.573 - 575) 23rd June - 'OSTROPA', Miniature Sheet (Mi.576 - 579, Block 3) 10th July - 100 Years German Railways (Mi.580 - 583) 25th July - World Meeting of the Hitler Youth (Mi.584 - 585) 30th August - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg (Mi.586 - 587) 4th October - German Emergency Aid: Traditional Costumes (Mi.588 - 597) 5th November - 12th Anniversary of the 'March to the Feldherrnhalle' (Mi.598 - 599) 25th November - Olympic Winter Games 1936 (Mi.600 - 602) 1936 6th January - 10 Years of Lufthansa (Mi.603) 15th February - International Motorcycle and Motorcar Show (Daimler and Benz) (Mi.604 - 605) 16th March - Airmail (Mi.606 - 607) 4th May - 250th Anniversary of the Death of Otto von Guericke (Mi.608) 9th May - Olympic Summer Games (Mi.609 - 616) 3rd June - International Municipal Congress (Mi.617 - 620) 22nd June - 'Brown Ribbon' , Miniature Sheet (Mi.621, Block 4) 30th June - World Congress for Leisure and Recreation (Mi.622 - 623) 1st August - Olympic Summer Games Miniature Sheets (Mi.624 - 627, Block 5, and Mi.628 - 631, Block 6) 3rd September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg (Mi.632 - 633) 21st September/ 26th October - Winter Relief: Modern Buildings (Mi.634 - 642) 1937 3rd March - Air Raid Defence (Mi.643 - 645) 5th April - 48th Birthday of Adolf Hitler, Miniature Sheet (Mi.646, Block 7, Perf) - Various see - 27/37 Example of Block 7 wrapper (not in collection) 16th April - 1st National Stamp Exhibition, Miniature Sheet (as Block 7) (Mi.647, Block 8, Imperf) Example of Block 8 wrapper (not in collection) 10th June - Culture Promotion, Miniature Sheet (as Block 7) (Mi.648, Block 9, Perf + Roulette + Horizonatal o/print) Wrapper for Block 9? - see 27/47 1st August - 'Brown Ribbon' , Miniature Sheet (as Block 4) (Mi.649, Block 10, Red o/print) 3rd September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg, Miniature Sheet (as Block 9) (Mi.650, Block 11, Perf + Roulette + Horizontal and Vertical o/print) 4th November - Winter Relief: Ships (Mi.651 - 659) 1938 26th January - OFFICIAL (eagle on pedestal) (Mi.144-154) 28th January - 5th Anniversary of the Siezure of Power by Adolf Hitler (Mi.660 - 661) From 4th April 1938 German stamps were also valid in Austria (with Austrian stamps were still not valid in Germany). German postal rates were also imposed on this date with 1 RM = 1.50 Schilling. 8th April - Referendum in Austria (Berlin Printing) (Mi.662) 8th April - Referendum in Austria (Vienna Printing) (Mi.663 - 'E.P.' engraver's mark lower left) 13th April - 49th Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.664) 21st June - German Gymnastics and Sports Festival, Breslau (Mi.665 - 668) 5th July - Airmail: 100th Birthday of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (Mi.669 - 670) 20th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race (Mi.671) 1st September - Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg (Mi.672) 9th October - Inauguration of the Gautheatre Saarpfalz (Mi.673 - 674) 18th November - Winter Relief: Ostmark Landscapes and Alpine Flowers (Mi.675 - 683) 2nd December - Referendum in the Sudetenland (Mi.684 - 685) 1939 17th February - International Automobile and Motorcycle Exhibition, Berlin (Mi.686 - 688) 4th April - Reich Profession Competition ( 'Reichsberufswettkampf' ) (Mi.689 - 690) 13th April - 50th Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.691) 22nd April - Reichsgartenschau, Stuttgart (Mi.692 - 693) 28th April - Labour Day (1st of May) (Mi.694) 18th May - Nürburgring Race (as Mi.686 - 688) (Mi.695 - 697, with 'NÜRBURGRING-RENNEN' o/print) 18th June - 70 Years German Derby (Mi.698) 12th July - ' Brown Ribbon ' Horese Race (Mi.699) 12th July - Day of German Art (Mi.700) 25th August - Intended Nazi Party Rally, Nuremberg (Mi.701) 15th September - 'Comradeship Organisation' of the German Reichspost (Mi.702 - 713) 18th September - Reintegration of Danzig into the German Reich (Mi.714 - 715) 1st October - Definitive Stamps of Danzig (Mi.716 - 729, with value and 'Deutsches Reich' o/print) 27th October - Winter Relief: Buildings (Mi.730 - 738) 1st November - Newspaper Stamps for Delivery Abroad (Mi.738 - 739) 1940 3rd March - Leipzig Spring Fair: View of Leipzig (Mi.739 - 742) 28th March - National Stamp Exhibition, Berlin (Mi.743) 10th April - 51st Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.744) 30th April - Labour Day (1st of May) (Mi.745) 22nd June - Horse Races for the Blue Ribbon (German Derby) (Mi.746) 20th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race (Mi.747) 25th July - Reintegration of Eupen, Malmedy and Moresnet (Mi.748 - 749) 9th August - Heligoland since 50 Years (Mi.750) 5th November - Winter Relief: Buildings (Mi.751 - 759) 26th November - 50 Years Diptheria Serum (Mi.760 - 761) 1941 12th January - Stamp Day (Mi.762) 30th January - German-Italian Brotherhood of Arms (Mi.763) 1st March - Leipzig Spring Fair (Mi.764 - 767) 8th March - Viennese Spring Fair (Mi.768 - 771) 17th April - 52nd Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.772) 19th May - 'Comradeship Organisation' of the German Reichspost (Mi.773 - 778, as per 15.09.1939 with different colours and values) 20th June - Horse Races for the Blue Ribbon (German Derby) (Mi.779) 20th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race (Mi.780) 1st August 1941/ 1944 - Definitives: Adolf Hitler (Mi.781 - 798, with Mi. A 795 - 42 pf - being issued in 1944) 20th March 1942/ 1944 - Definitives: Adolf Hitler (Mi.799 - 802, 12½ 'Perfix' Line Perforation 1942, 14 Comb Perforation 1944) Note: From Mi.803 all stamps were printed on paper without a watermark 9th September - 'The Grand Prix of the Reich Capital' Horse Race (Mi.803) 16th September - Viennese Fair (Mi.804 - 805) 29th September - Integration of Subregions of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola (Mi.806 - 809) 28th November - 150th Anniversary of the Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Mi.810) 1942 1942/44 - OFFICIAL (oak leaf wreath) (Mi.166-177) 11th January - Stamp Day (Mi.811) 2nd March - OFFICIAL (eagle on pedestal) (Mi.155-165) 10th March - Memorial Day (Mi.812) 13th April - 53rd Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.813) 16th June - Horse Races for the Blue Ribbon (German Derby) (Mi.814) 14th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race (Mi.815) 8th August - 10 Years German Society for Goldsmithing (Mi.816 - 817) 8th August - Military Training Days for the Sturmabteilung (SA) (Mi.818) 29th August - 400th Anniversary of the Death of Peter Henlein (Mi.819) 12th October - European Postal Congress of the Axis Powers, Vienna (Mi.820 - 822) 'Der Reichspostminister' presentation booklet - 12/17 19th October - Signing of the Convention on the European Telecommunications Union (Mi.823 - 825, as Mi.820 - 822 with '19. Oktober. 1942' o/print) December 1942 - Definitive Stamps: Adolf Hitler (Mi.826 - 827, 10 Pf Sienna and 12 Pf Red) 1943 10th January - Stamp day (Mi.828) 26th January - 10th Anniversary of the Seizure of Power by Adolf Hitler (Mi.829) 26th January - Stamp for Special Postmarks (Mi.830) 21st March - Day of the Wehrmacht; Memorial Day (Mi.831 - 842) 26th March - Day of the Youth Oath to Hitler (Mi.843) 13th April - 54th Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.844 - 849) 26th June - 8 Years Reich Labour Service (Mi.850 - 853) 27th July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race (M.854) 27th July - 100th Birthday of Peter Rosegger (Mi.855 - 856) 13th August - 'Grand Prix of Vienna' Horse Race (Mi.857 - 858) 1st September - 10 Years Winter Relief (Mi.859) 1st October - German Society for Goldsmithing (Mi.860 - 861) 24th October - 800 years Hanseatic City Lubeck (Mi.862) 5th November - 20th Anniversary of the 'March to the Feldherrnhalle' (Mi.863) 1944 Note: As from Mi.864 (with the expections of Mi.888 - 893) all issues bear the inscription 'GROSSDEUTSCHES REICH' . 25th January - 100th Birthday of Robert Koch (Mi.894) 29th January - 11th Anniversary of the Seizure of Power by Adolf Hitler (Mi.865) 11th February - 25 Years German Airmail Service (Mi.866 - 868) 2nd March - 10 Years Relief Oraganisation 'Mother and Child' (Mi.869 - 872) 11th March - Day of the Wehrmacht; Memorial day (Mi.873 - 885) 11th March - 1200 Years City of Fulda (Mi.886) 14th April - 55th Birthday of Adolf Hitler (Mi.887) May 1944 - 'Comradeship Organisation' of the German Reichspost (Mi.888 - 893) June 1944 - Exhibition of the Reich Labour Service (RAD) (Mi.894 - 895) 1st July - 400 Years Albertus University (Albertina), Königsberg (Mi.896) 1st July - 7th Tyrolean Landesschießen (marksmen's fair), Innsbruck (Mi.897 - 898) 23rd July - 'Brown Ribbon' Horse Race (Mi.899) August 1944 - 'Grand Prix of Vienna' Horse Race (Mi.900 - 901) 11th September - German Society for Goldsmithing (Mi.902 - 903) 2nd October - Stamp Day (Mi.904) Note: Mi.905 is no longer listed in the catalogue 9th November - 21st Anniversary of the 'March to the Feldherrnhalle' (Mi.906) 1945 6th January - 600th Anniversary of Granting the City Privilege to Oldenburg (Mi.907) February 1945 - Party Militia 'The Volkssturm' (Mi.908) 21st April - Party Organsiations Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) (Mi.909 - 910) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

21st March 1945 Pages from 'PUNCH' 21st March 1945 Pages from PUNCH Wotan Cartoon from PUNCH 21st March 1945. Wotan (?) surrenders. The caption reads THE STRAGGLER "I was never a Nazi at heart" The Jungian concept of Wotan Abstract of the chapter The Test Case: Wotan and Nazi Germany taken from Jung on War, Politics and Nazi Germany (2009). This chapter considers how Carl Jung applied his theories and how successful he was in attempting to provide evidence for them. It shows that the Nazi authority's attitude to neo-paganism was more contradictory and erratic than Jung implied. The chapter suggests that the neo-pagans in the Nazi movement derived many of their ideas from Volkisch and Romantic roots, and this cultural influence gave Jung the evidence he mis-took as proof for his archetypal hypothesis. In Wotan, Jung was attempting to give an archetypal explanation of Nazi Germany and a warning about the prospect of war. Jung sought to use Wotan to provide him with both the cause of Germany's discord and an explanation of how people were affected. Jung claimed to have predicted the future of Germany after reviewing many dreams that he thought gave an insight into the collective unconscious and the course of events. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Sea Defence Zones Sea Defence Zones Sea Defence Zones Sea Defence Zones Tactical area in the organisation of the Kriegsmarine intended to provide operational command of all German naval forces, within a given geographical area, in the event of actual enemy attack on the coastline of occupied Europe. List of areas with links to feldpost numbers etc. 'Albanien' (Tirana), 'Attika' (Corinth) 'Baltischen Inseln' (Lithuania), 'Bergen' (Hardanger), 'Boulogne' (Boulogne), 'Brest' (Brest), 'Bretagne' (Brest) 'Calais' (Calais) 'Dänische Inseln' (Copenhagen), 'Dalmatien' (Split), 'Dodekanes' (Porto Lago), 'Drontheim' (Trondheim), 'Dünkirchen' (Dunkirk) 'Elbe-Weser' (Cuxhaven), 'Estland' (Lithuania) 'Französische Riviera' (Toulon) 'Gascogne' (Bordeaux) 'Hammerfest' (Nordkinnhalvøya), 'Harstad' (Narvik) 'Istrien' (Susak), 'Italienische Riviera' (Nizza) 'Kanalinseln' (Channel Islands), 'Kirkenes' (Porsangerfjorden), 'Kreta' (Crete), 'Kristiansand-Süd' (Langesund) 'Languedoc' (Toulon), 'Lemnos' (Lemnos), 'Lettland' (Libau), 'Libau' (Libau), 'Loire' (Carnac) 'Mecklenburg' (Heiligendamm), 'Mittelholland' (Amsterdam), 'Molde' (Stadtlandet) 'Narvik' (Narvik), 'Norddalmatien' (Sebenico), 'Nordfriesland' (Husum), 'Nordgriechenland' (Thessaloniki), 'Nordholland' (Scheveningen), 'Nordjütland' (Frederikshavn), 'Normandie' (Cherbourg) 'Oslofjord' (Larvik), 'Ostende' (Calais), 'Ostfriesland' (Tidofeld), 'Ost und Westpreußen' (Gotenhafen), 'Ostpreußen' (Pillau) 'Pas de Calais' (Calais), 'Peloponnes' (Kalamata), 'Polarküste' (Finnfjordbotn), 'Pommern' (Swinemünde) 'Saloniki' (Kevalla), 'Sandnessjöen' (Rørvik), 'Schleswig-Holstein und Mecklenburg' (Kiel), 'Seine-Somme' (Le Havre), 'Stavanger' (Haugesund) , 'Südddalmatien' (Split), 'Südholland' (Middelburg), 'Südjütland' (Copenhagen) 'Tromsö' (Finnfjordbotn) 'Ukraine' (Nikolajew) 'Westkrim' (Nikolajew), 'Westadria' (Lido bei Venedig), 'Westgriechenland' (Patras), 'Westpreußen' (Gotenhafen) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

20th September 1945 20th September 1945 Feldunterartz 'Wehrmacht' postcard sent by an Feldunterarzt POW at Lütelsburg to family in Schwanenstadt, Austria. The message reads, 'I have been in captivity in England since the beginning of May. I received my last message from you on 11 January. I hope you have returned to Schwanenstadt in good health. A release is not yet possible, but I think I will be able to be with you before the end of the year. Stay healthy and please give my warmest regards to the Scheichl family. From your Edi' An unusual card in many ways. 'Feldpostkarte' partially drawn through to be replaced by 'Wehrmacht'. In reality, by September 1945 there was no 'Wehrmacht' only POW's from the Wehrmacht. No stamp or cancel. Even official feldpost should have been cancelled. By September 1945 feldpost would have been obsolete. However, POW mail may have come under a different postal class. Needs further research. The use of the military title of 'Feldunterartz' would no longer have any meaning as come release the POW would have gone back to civilian life. Note: the title 'Feldunterartz' denotes an officer aspirant in the military health serice.

Mi.908 (February 1945) 'The Volksstrum' Mi.908 (February 1945) 'The Volksstrum' Mi.908 Cover featuring a strongly off centered Mi.908. Ref: 26.02.1945 Mi.908 Party militia 'The Volksstrum' Mi.908. Ref: 16.05.1946 - 13/4 Invalid use of Mi.908 or collector created cover? Ref: 16.05.1946 - 13/4 Cover on which Mi.908 (Ref:13/4) is shown. The stamp became invalid after May 1945. However, the cover appears genuine and there may be numerous reasons why the postal system allowed the stamp to be used. The image, whilst being 'aggressive' in nature, doesn't show iconography or personalities of the former regime. This may have something to do with its use. The Volksstrum (also see War Directive No.69 'Employment of the Volkssturm') Report on the German Volkssturm, a German national militia organized in the last months of WWII, from Intelligence Bulletin , February 1945. Of the measures taken to mobilise speedily the last manpower resources of the German nation, the most extreme is the creation of the Volkssturm , a national militia designed to supplement the defence of the homeland. The call to arms, which was issued on 18th October 1944, was literally a dragnet, sweeping into a single organisation virtually all German males between the ages of 16 and 60 who were not already members of the German Armed Forces. The creation of the Volkssturm serves a double purpose, as far as the Nazi Party is concerned: first, to strengthen the defence of the Reich, and, second, to keep a large part of the population so thoroughly under military control that any incipient revolt against the Party will have a hard time thriving. It is the enemy's intention to have a strong hard core of Nazi fanatics dominating the Volkssturm at all levels. In announcing the formation of the new militia, Hitler designated the Chief of the Storm Troopers, Schepmann, as Inspector of Weapons Training, and the Chief of the Nazi Motor Corps, Kraus, as Inspector of Technical Training. Himmler is charged with ordering the actual employment of the Volkssturm for local defense. However, it must be remembered that the militia is currently in the training stage, with its members continuing their ordinary jobs. When the Volkssturm is operating on a full-time basis, its employment may be directed by the Army. The Volkssturm is definitely a bottom-of-the-barrel organisation. Although it may succeed in mustering more than ten million men for local defence inside the Reich, a conservative estimate indicates that less than half of these will be physically fit. In one capacity or another, many of the Volkssturm personnel already were contributing their services to the German war effort when the call to arms was issued. It will be recalled that dozens of Nazi semi-military, service, and political organisations, regimenting practically every walk of German life, had been in existence for some time. Because of these organisations, and because Nazi Party officialdom itself is so extensive that it even includes city 'block leaders', the Nazi authorities long had had a very fair knowledge of the military and service possibilities of every male in Germans. Much had been done to exploit German manpower on a part-time basis wherever full-time service could not be performed. Thus service in the Volkssturm becomes merely an added duty for men who already have part-time jobs in other defence organisations or who work in war industries. As the Germans envisage it, a man who performs ARP tasks during an air raid, who has a route to patrol as a member of the Stadtwacht (City Guard), or who is a skilled labourer in a Messerschmidt plant will take his post in a Volkssturm squad and fight as an infantryman when his home area is attacked by Allied ground forces. It is logical to infer that, as Volkssturm units are being formed, the abilities, physical fitness, and war work of the recruits will be taken into account. Limited-service personnel will be given local or static defence missions. Invalids and cripples, it is reported, will be reserved for headquarters work. Although youths of 16 are to be included in the Volkssturm , the lower age brackets in general are likely not to be represented very generously, in view of the fact that the German Armed Forces increasingly are drafting men younger than 18. Also, if a Volkssturmmann is drafted into the Armed Forces, his membership in the militia automatically terminates. Despite the fact that the Volkssturm is inducting by age classes, an appeal for 'volunteers' is being conducted in the usual Nazi manner. Working through the factory cells of the German Labor Front organisation and other groups directly supervised by the Party, Nazi leaders have induced the entire personnel of certain factories and businesses to 'volunteer' in a body, with the result that recruits pour in as fast as the training facilities can handle them, and faster than if they all had been drafted formally. With the Nazi Party in charge of organising the Volkssturm , the early stages in the development of this national militia have been expedited. Although each Gauleiter , or Nazi District Leader, is charged with the leadership, enrolment, and organisation of the Volkssturm in his district, the largest Volkssturm unit seems to correspond to the next smaller territorial subdivision of the Nazi Party organisation—the Kreis . Not only each Gauleiter , but each Kreisleiter , has a Volkssturm Chief of Staff to assist in handling militia problems. Although differentials may be introduced in the selection and assignment of personnel, Nazi leaders assert that all Volkssturm members will be given the same instruction. This is to consist of infantry training, with special emphasis on close combat. The rifle is the basic weapon. It is to be supplemented by submachine guns and light machine guns. Since there is almost no limit to the number of models of such weapons taken over by the Germans from conquered nations, it would be difficult to state exactly which small-arms models the Volkssturm will use. German, Czech, and Polish Mauser rifles already are in service, and use will be made of the many thousands of captured Russian rifles and machine guns. Other equipment includes egg hand grenades and potato-masher hand grenades. For antitank defense, the Panzerfaust hollow-charge launchers have been promised to the Volkssturm . (The latest of these recoilless weapons has a range of 88 yards; earlier models have a range of only 33 yards.) German bazookas also may be furnished. Instruction in the handling of antitank and antipersonnel mines already is being given. At present any turnout of the Volkssturm is likely to present a rag-tag-and-bobtail appearance, in dress as well as armament. The only item of clothing or insignia currently issued is a black arm band with the lettering ' Deutscher Volkssturm ' in a light color and with the word ' Wehrmacht ' directly underneath this. The Nazis have asserted that this arm band officially makes the Volkssturm members a part of the Wehrmacht (Armed Forces). It is left to the individual to provide the rest of the clothing. Uniforms of the Storm Troopers, Hitler Youth, and Party territorial leaders will be encountered. Many men will simply wear civilian clothes. Already the lack of complete official uniform has caused a great deal of disgruntlement throughout the new militia. Many members feel that they are assuming the duties of soldiers, with none of the privileges. (Incidentally, there is no remuneration for service in Volkssturm , except when a member is taking part in actual combat.) The effectiveness of the Volkssturm remains to be tested. In the past, organised defence of urban and rural areas by the local populace fighting in support of regular troops has indicated that a people defending their homes under such conditions are capable of putting up a most determined defence. Volkssturm elements were used in combat near Metz, but the poor showing that they made must be attributed primarily to the fact that they had only recently been mustered and that most of their brief time in the militia had been spent in digging fortifications. In future months the Nazis will discover and try to correct the outstanding defects of the Volkssturm , and their unquestioned talent for organisation and military training must be expected to show at least a few tangible results. Just how much success the Nazis will have in using Volkssturm members as guerrilla fighters after local areas have been overrun by the Allies cannot be predicted. Much would seem to depend on how hard a core of Nazi fanatics each element contains. [Note: As the Intelligence Bulletin goes to press, it is reported that rank insignia worn by the Volkssturm consist of silver stars worn on the lapel or on the collar. One star will indicate a squad leader, two a platoon leader, three a company commander, and four a battalion commander.] Source: lonesentry.com Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Romance & Relationships Romance & Relationships Romance and Relationships Feldpost cover sent from a soldier stationed in Prague to his girlfriend (?) in Germany. Featuring, to the upper right, the red hand-stamp, 'Feldpost über Deutsche Dienstpost Böhmen/Mähren'. Within the envelope there is brightly coloured 'Forget-me-not' stationery. Ref: 03.01.1940 Romance & Relationships (as illustrated in correspondence within the Brief History collection) 1940 'Forget-me-not' stationery within a feldpost envelope Wann sehen wir uns wieder? (When will we see each other again?). Postcard (feldpost). 1948 Returning POW being embraced by his family (Archive Ref: 05.01.1948 - 16/80) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

5th November 1945 5th November 1945 Provinz Sachsen Mi.67 Mi.68 Cover sent from Halle (Saale) to the Handwerkskammer (Chamber of Crafts )in Halle. Featuring stamps Mi.67 and Mi.68. Ref: 05.11.1945

Mi.P904-905 British Zone Mi.P904-905 British Zone Mi.P904 Mi.P905 British Zone (permanent use) postcards first issued in November 1945. Imprint 5 Pf Green (Mi.P904) and 6 Pf yellow (scan exagerates the orange in Mi.P905 below). Ref: 07.06.1946 (5 Pf) and 14.08.1946 (6 Pf)

21st January 1947 21st January 1947 Egon Rudolf Commercial letter-sheet sent from stamp dealer Egon Rudolf of Neugersdorf to a collector in Briese. Featuring a printed representation of Soviet Zone postage stamp Mi.B I. With further information and price list printed internally and to the reverse. Ref:21.01.1947 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th August 1945 17th August 1945 Deutsches Rotes Kreuz 1945 Official 'Deutsches Rote Kreuz' postcard informing the recipient that a relative (most likely her husband) has been identified as a 'disarmed member of the German Wehrmacht' and should be returning soon. Featuring stamp Mi.3. Ref: 17.08.1945

22nd August 1945 22nd August 1945 Saxon Obliteration Plauen Postcard featuring 'Saxon Obliteration' Mi.AP785 sent from a post office in Plauen. Ref: 22.08.1945