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Mi.1-20 (04.11.1941) 'UKRAINE' Definitives 1/0 Parcel label featuring the briefstempel of 'Telegraphenbauamt Ukraine/ Baubezirk IX' (Telegraph Construction Office Ukraine/ Construction District IX). Ref: 25.07.1943 Mi.1 (overprint on Mi.781a). Ref: 08.06.1943 - 4/102 Mi.7 (overprint on Mi.787). Ref: 08.06.1943 - 4/102 Mi.8 (overprint on Mi.788). Ref: 01.01.1943 Mi.9 (overprint on Mi.789). Ref: 25.07.1943 Mi.15 (overprint on Mi.795). Ref: 19.08.1943 Mi.18 (overprint on Mi.798). Ref: 19.08.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
15th June 1941 1/1 Postcard (depicting the Bolshoi Theatre) sent from Moscow to Pirna, Germany. The postal date is just one week before the commencement of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia. With German censor hand stamp. Postage stamp Mi.797A (23rd anniversary of the Red Army, issued 22.02.1941). Ref: 15.06.1941
29th November 1941 Bremerhaven 29.11.1941 Bremerhaven reverse.jpeg 29.11.1941 Bremerhaven reverse.jpeg 1/1 Picture postcard sent via feldpost depicting part of the harbour at Bremerhaven. The lighthouse seen to the center right still exists in this position, the Tiergarten and Aquarium now form the 'Zoo am Meer' attraction. The building to the central left, the 'Strandhalle' also survives intact. the postcard is written by a soldier attached to the Ersatz Marine Artillerie Abteilung (E.M.A.A. - Naval coastal artillery replacement battalion) in Zeven. Ref 29.11.1941 Bremerhaven (Überroller-post - Allied occupation 08.05.1945) Bremerhaven is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the city-state of Bremen. The River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser. Bremerhaven was founded in 1827 as a seaport for Bremen, and it remains one of the busiest ports in the country. It was historically rivalled by Geestemünde on the opposite side of the Geeste, which belonged to Hanover (and later Prussia). Geestemünde united with neighbouring Lehe to form the city of Wesermünde in 1924, and Bremerhaven was itself annexed to Wesermünde in 1939, but the entire conurbation was restored to Bremen in 1947. As possibly the most critical North Sea base of the Kriegsmarine , 79% of the city was destroyed in the Allied air bombing of Bremen in World War II; however, key parts of the port were deliberately spared by the Allied forces to provide a usable harbour for supplying the Allies after the war. All of Wesermünde, including those parts which did not previously belong to Bremerhaven, was a postwar enclave run by the United States, separate to but within the British zone of northern Germany. Most of the US military units and their personnel were assigned to the city's Carl Schurz Kaserne. One of the longest based US units at the Kaserne was a US military radio and TV station, an 'Amerikanischer Soldatensender', AFN Bremerhaven, which broadcast for 48 years. In 1993, the Kaserne was vacated by the US military and returned to the German government. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
12th May 1941 Mi.P8 12.05.1941 General Government Mi.P8 reverse.jpeg 12.05.1941 General Government Mi.P8 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Official postal stationery of the General Government, postcard Mi.P8 - IX.40. (12 Gr). Ref:12.05.1941, BV3234, MPS257 Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page
21st April 1941 JB: Bad Sulza 1/0 BAD SULZA cancellation as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) See 21.04.1941 - 25/78 Note: This is the only special cancellation for Bad Sulza during the 3rd Reich period. It was issued from 1935 to 1951. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
25th March 1938 Sölden 1/1 Postcard depicting the Austrian village of Sölden. Ref: 25.03.1941 Sölden Sölden is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria. The main village of Sölden is at an elevation of 1,368 metres (4,488 ft) above sea level, and the upper village of Hochsölden at 2,090 m (6,857 ft) has 5 four-star hotels. The highest peak is the Wildspitze, at 3,768 m (12,362 ft), the second highest mountain in Austria, after the Großglockner. Source: Wikipedia Franz Waldhart On 12th March 1938, the German Wehrmacht invaded Austria and forced its annexation to the Third Reich. Hitler scheduled a pseudo-referendum on the 'reunification of Austria with the German Reich' for 10th April. A young SA man from Sölden was sent with 'ballot papers' to the Siegerland hut in the farthest reaches of the Windach valley in the municipality of Sölden and had a fatal accident. His funeral was blown up by the Nazis into a propaganda state ceremony. Like many other Alpine Club huts, the refuge of the DAV Siegerland section, built in 1930, was also open in late winter. The hut's owner was Josef Schöpf from Sölden, the legendary 'Knofele', grandfather of the current mayor. Franz Waldhart climbed up to the hut the day before to enable the staff and the German guests to take part in this so-called referendum and then bring their votes to Sölden. It didn't get that far, but he never made it. The Sölden school chronicle, the section on the Nazi era probably only written later on the basis of meticulous 'contemporary' notes by the school sisters, reports the funeral somewhat maliciously: On April 12, around 700 SA men from outside came here for the funeral of SA man Franz Waldhart, who had died in an accident at the Siegerlandhütte on the occasion of the vote on April 10. The funeral was scheduled for 9 a.m. But it was 12 noon before the participants arrived at the cemetery with their Timtam von Kaisers. The coffin was lowered into the grave, wrapped in a swastika flag, and a few pompous speeches were given. And only after the Hitlerian attire was over was the pastor allowed to perform his duties as a priest. Only the local people took part in the church service. On 13th April 1938, the Innsbrucker Nachrichten reported in a pompous manner about the funeral of the 'loyal comrade who had given his life in the service of the Führer ... and had now joined the ranks of Horst Wessel'. Communities that – like Sölden – were able to demonstrate a vote result that was manipulated to 100 percent yes votes received a so-called 'Hitler oak' as a thank you from the party, which was installed with great pomp almost everywhere on the Führer’s birthday. From the 'school chronicle' mentioned above: On April 20, the Hitler oak was ceremoniously installed on the southern church square. The local group leader at the time, Hans Falkner, carried it with the same reverence as altar boys carry the cross in front of a procession. Accompanied by the Längenfeld band, an expert forester, SA men, etc., the procession moved from the Posthotel across the street, along the church path up to the church square. During the installation, the mayor, Jakob Falkner vom Hof, gave a speech whose content was found ridiculous by the local residents. The oak was supposed to symbolize the 1,000-year German Reich. But despite the most careful care, it was not willing to take root at Kirchplatzl and withered. Source: dietiwag-org Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
Mi.768 - 771 (08.03.1941) Viennese Spring Fair 1/1 Mi.768 - 771 Vienna Spring Fair Notes: Design: Wilhelm Dachauer . Photogravure printing. Sheets 10 x 5. Without watermark. Perf. 14 (13¾ x 14, Harper & Scheck). Quantity issued: unknown. Valid until 31.12.1942. 'There is a variety of both the 3 Pf and 6 Pf values, where a black line goes through the figure of the value. Also a very interesting variety of the 25 Pf which came about thus: These stamps were printed from a cylinder from which previously the 1 Zloty stamps of the General Government depicting Brühl Palace [Mi.51 - Sept.1940 - 1 Zł upper left corner] , had been printed. The etching of this stamp had not been completely erased from the cylinder when the new Vienna Fair stamp was etched on it. The result being that part of the Zloty design could be seen on the margin of the new stamp, in particular the word 'Zloty'. This variety can only be found on the early printings as this blemish was soon erased.' Source: Harper & Scheck Wilhelm Dachauer Wilhelm Dachauer (1881 - 1951) was an Austrian painter. He studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna from 1899 to 1907 and was a professor at the academy from 1928 to 1944. In 1913, he had his first arguably successful exhibition at the Secession. He was appointed to an honored professorship of the Akademie der bildenden Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) in Vienna in 1928, a position that he occupied until 1944. Among his students were Hildegard Joos, Maria Lassnig, Adalbert Pilch, and Peppino Wieternik (1919–1979). Dachauer was one of the founders and leaders of the Federation of German Painters, Austrian branch (Bund Deutscher Maler Österreichs), which from 1937 sought to bring together painters with National Socialist sympathies. Dachauer joined the Nazi party in July 1938. A Committee of Inquiry after the end of World War 2 found him not guilty of serving the Nazis through his work, however he was never reinstated to his post at the Academy of Fine Arts. Dachauer was initially influenced by the art of the Secession and later developed a form of realism that was strongly dedicated to rural and regional arts. This style fitted well to the 'official' taste of the Ständestaat and the National Socialist regime, so his work became somewhat disreputable after 1945. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich and the occupation of Poland, Dachauer designed several other stamps of the Generalgouvernement and a few of the German Reich. He also made the designs for several Austrian stamps after World War II, among them the Homecomer series . Dachauer died in Vienna on 26th February 1951. Source: Wikipedia Mi.768 (3 Pf - Dancer). Ref: 18.03.1941 Mi.769 (6 Pf - Trade fair hall, Vienna, with fair logo). Ref: 01.02.1944 Mi.770 (12 Pf - Burgtheater, Vienna, masks and lyre). Ref: 18.03.1941 - 4/64) Mi.771 (25 Pf - Prinz Eugen Memorial, Vienna). Ref: 14.05.1941) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page
6th August 1941 Gottgläubig 06.08.1941 Ref_ 26_60 Denouncing Catholic Church reverse.jpeg 06.08.1941 Ref_ 26_60 Denouncing Catholic Church reverse.jpeg 1/1 lettersheet sent from the district court in Neustadt to board of the town's Catholic Church. The court informs the church that SS-Schütze Alfons Roschmann affirms, 'With immediate effect, I hereby declare my withdrawal from the Catholic Church.' Ref: 06.08.1941 - 26/60 Gottgläubig The declaration of Gottgläubige sent from Alfons Roschmann. See Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page