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29th June 1944 Schloss Dimokur 29th June 1944 Schloss Dimokur 1/1 Official registered cover sent from the Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Prague to the 'Siedlungsamt-SS' (Settlement Office) at Schloss Dimokur. Featuring two Bohemia and Moravia Service Stamps (Mi.19 & Mi.20). Ref: 29.06.1944 - 3/18 Schloss Dimokur and the 'Siedlungsamt' ( Dymokury Castle) In late 1931, Himmler established a SS Race and Settlement Office ( Rasse- und Siedlungsamt ) to evaluate applications of SS men seeking to marry under a new internal 'Marriage Decree'. This 'expertise', developed through maintaining 'racial purity' in the SS, would later be utilised in wartime to determine whether an individual was 'German' or not. Such a determination could, at a minimum, mean a job and better rations for a resident in German-occupied territory during World War II. For a Polish forced labourer in the Reich accused of having had sexual relations with a German woman, this 'racial evaluation' could mean the difference between life and death. Source: Wikipedia The 'racial experts' of the Office played a major role in promoting the concept of a reorganisation of Europe on a 'racial' basis. The settlement plans they developed required the decimation/displacement of the local Czech population and resettlement from other areas (e.g. ethnic Germans). They carried out selections that decided on the further life ('Germanisation', resettlement, forced labour) or death of those selected. Source: arge-ost.de Schloss Dimokur In the 14th century, a fortress stood on the site of today's Dymokury Castle , which served as the seat of the lordship. After several changes of ownership, it came into the possession of the Waldstein family in 1573 and then in 1614 to their relative Albrecht Jan Smiřický of Smiřice. He had the fortress converted into a Renaissance castle. In 1660, under Wilhelm Lamboy of Cortesheim, the western wing was added. During the rule of the Colloredo-Wallsee family, two further wings and the castle tower were built. In 1723, the castle chapel of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows was built. In 1787, Franz Karl von Colloredo-Wallsee had it rebuilt into a three-winged baroque castle. In 1833, the castle and the estate passed to the Czernin von Chudenitz family. In the 1870s, Diepold ( Děpold ) von Czernin had the castle chapel rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style and the castle park expanded. In 1945, the Czernins were expropriated. The castle became state property and was used for a time by the Ministry of the Interior. After the Velvet Revolution, it was returned to the Czernin family. FURTHER RESEARCH REQUIRED AS TO THE CASTLES USAGE DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

9th November 1944 9th November 1944 1/1 Feldpost (using address label 'N/0220') sent from FPN 27451 to 'Straub & Flach' in Munich. Ref: 09.11.1944 FPN 27451 (OT - OBL Weingut I). From the 9th November 1944 this FPN was used by the Oragnisation Todt (OT), Oberbauleitung (OBL), the Supervisory Construction Administration. More research is required on the recipient fo the letter, Straub & Flach, but they appear to be involved in the paper industry. Weingut I The story of Weingut I

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19th March 1935 Karl Hennig 1/0 Karl Hennig - See 19.03.1935 - 24/63 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

9th December 1943 FPN 14399 9th December 1943 FPN 14399 1/1 Feldpost using a window envelope and pictorial letterhead sent from a solder of a Flak Division based in Berlin (FPN 14399). To the reverse there is a label depicting a golden Luftwaffe eagle. Ref: 9.12.1943 - 17/6 Pictorial letterheads sent by correspondent at FPN 14399 (link to golden eagle labels) Ref: 09.12.1943 - 17/6 Ref: 16.12.1943 - 15/50 FPN 14399 (Reserve Flak Division 123) The Reserve Flak Division 123 was formed on 26th August 1939 in Berlin-Blankwitz from parts of the I./Flak Regiment 12 with three heavy and two light batteries. The division was deployed in Berlin. In 1940, the 1st battery became the 3rd/mixed Flak Division 604 and was then reorganised. In January 1941, the division was renamed the II./Flak Regiment 12. Reorganised in January 1941 in Berlin as the mixed Flak-Abteilung 123 (T) with three heavy and two light batteries. The division was again deployed exclusively in Berlin and renamed I./Flak-Regiment 42 in July 1941. Third reorganisation in August 1941 as reserve tower anti-aircraft division 123 with six batteries. The division was deployed in Berlin and was subordinate to the 1st Flak Division. At the end of 1941, the 2nd battery was exchanged for the 2nd/heavy anti-aircraft division 335. From September 1943, the division was again called mixed anti-aircraft division 123 (T). In mid-1944, the division was reduced to three batteries. Source: lexikon--der--wehrmacht-de Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

6th December 1946 6th December 1946 06.12.1946 Rauchermarke cover.jpeg 06.12.1946 Rauchermarke cover.jpeg 1/1 Cut section of 'Front only' cover sent from Heinrich Salomon (philatelic auctioneer) in Berlin to 'Deutsche Briefmarken Zeitung 'Globus'' in Stuttgart. The envelope has been produced using an unused sheet of tobacco ration coupons (Rauchermarke). Ref: 06.12.1946 - 14/1 Wikipedia page on the Nazi anti-tobacco campaign Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

Envelope used to send 20 sheets of the Block 4 miniature sheet ('The Brown Ribbon of Germany' - Mi.621). Featuring the green hand-stamp of the 'Reichsdruckerei' 10th August 1936 Reichsdruckerei 1/1 Envelope used to send 20 sheets of the Block 4 miniature sheet ('The Brown Ribbon of Germany' - Mi.621). Featuring the green hand-stamp of the 'Reichsdruckerei' The 'Reichsdruckerei' From Wikipedia: The Reichs Printing Office in Berlin was under the management of the State Secretary of the Reich Post Office. It was created on 1st April, 1879 through the merger of the Royal Prussian State Printing Office, founded in 1852, with Decker's Royal Secret Oberhof Buchdruckerei. The official founding day of the Reichsdruckerei was 6th July, 1879. The location used was the property of the former Prussian state printing press on Oranienstrasse, which was expanded between 1879 and 1881 according to plans by the architect Carl Busse, who was also the first director of the Reichsdruckerei. It was generally only intended for the direct purposes of the German Empire and the federal states, but also worked for local authorities, corporations and, in certain cases, for private individuals. Their main activity was the production of Reich treasury notes, Reich banknotes, bonds, postage stamps, exchange stamps and other stamps and monetary papers. It also printed ordinance sheets and official works (including the Reichskursbuch and patent documents). At the head of the Reich Printing Office was a director. Two company inspectors managed the technical operation. As a successor institution after 1949, the tasks of the Reichsdruckerei were essentially taken over by the State Printing Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, from which the Federal Printing Office emerged in 1951. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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23rd June 1943 B&M Mi.K4 II a 23rd June 1943 B&M Mi.K4 II a 23.06.1943 M.PK4 IIb B&M Bank reverse.jpeg 23.06.1943 M.PK4 IIb B&M Bank reverse.jpeg 1/1 Upper portion of Bohemia & Moravia letter-card Mi.K4 IIa (grey-white stationery, linear and colourless perforations, imprint '1 K 30 h'). First issued in 1942. Ref: 23.06.1943 Südwestdeutsche Beamtenbank (Southwest German Civil Service Bank) From Wikipedia: From 1972 until 2005 five independent cooperative banks came under the Badische Beamtenbanks (BBBank) umbrella: the Hessische Beamtenbank ( Darmstadt ), the Südwestdeutsche Beamtenbank ( Frankfurt am Main), the Beamtenbank zu Köln , the Bayerische Beamten Bank and last the Schleswig-Holsteinische Beamtenbank . Since then the BBBank is the only civil servants bank in Germany. The BBBank eG (formerly Badische Beamtenbank ) is a German cooperative bank headquartered in Karlsruhe ( Baden-Württemberg ). It is solely focused on private banking . With total assets of almost 11 billion Euros and over 470,000 members the bank is one of the biggest member banks in Germany . On 12th November 1921 the BBBank was founded as a self-help facility for the public service in Karlsruhe. The Badische Beamten-Genossenschaftsbank eGmbH (Baden cooperative bank for civil servants), as the BBBank was called in those days, began operation on 1st January 1922 with 33 founding members in a small room in the House Nowackanlage 19. Already two years later the building on Waldstraße 1 was purchased, which to this day is part of the head office of the BBBank. With the Nazi seizure of control in January 1933 the civil servants bank had to accept losses in the course of the Gleichschaltung (enforced conformity). The cooperative idea of self-help was majorly cut back and twisted for the new regimes purposes. In April 1933 Gotthold Mayer had to step down from his chairman position. However, in the beginning of 1946 he was able to take back the leadership of the Badischen Beamtenbank and navigate the Institute through the difficult post-war years and the currency reform. Only in 1967 the bank founder retired at the age of 80. At this point the bank had 136,000 members as well as 14 branches and was the biggest credit cooperative in Europe. Gotthold Mayer remained honorary chairman of the bank until his death on 7th February 1970. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

23rd July 1943 Willy Birgel 23rd July 1943 Willy Birgel 1/0 See 23rd July 1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

19th December 1939 Maison Vide/ Al Mittente 19th December 1939 Maison Vide/ Al Mittente 1/1 Cover sent from Milan (date cancel 19.12.1939) to a 'premises unoccupied' in London. Hand-stamped 'MAISON VIDE' (empty house) in violet together with date stamped (27.12.1939). Further hand-stamp 'AL MITTENTE' (return to sender) in black. Opened by British censor and resealed ('P.C. 66/ OPENED BY/ CENSOR/ 1193'). With Milan date stamp to reverse (08.01.1940). Note: It appears that 84 Oxford Street may have been destroyed during the blitz on London. Ref: 19.12.1940 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

25th January 1943 Feldpost 'o' designation 25th January 1943 Feldpost 'o' designation 25.01.1943 'o' designation reverse.jpeg 25.01.1943 'o' designation reverse.jpeg 1/1 Feldpost cover with clear 'o' designation to the cancel (low position). Ref: 25.01.1943 '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 'o' variations (Just below) level position. Ref: 05.07.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page