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24th February 1944 Sign of Life - Leipzig 24th February 1944 Sign of Life - Leipzig 1/0 See 24.02.1944 - 26/14 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

'Lebenszeichen' Air-raid survivors card 'Lebenszeichen' Air-raid survivors card 1/1 Air-raid survivors notification cards GREEN BORDER (to family members in the military) 9th March 1944 - Berlin Air-raid survivors notification cards RED BORDER (to civilians and family members) 24th February 1944 - Leipzig 1st April 1944 - Nuremberg 15th November 1944 - Prague Express mail notification card for verification of postal address VIOLET BORDER Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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23rd February 1944 Typewritten Feldpost 23rd February 1944 Typewritten Feldpost 1/0 See 23.02.944 - 26/12 We have received your kind letter with thanks. I was very pleased about the stamps, dear Rudi. If you would send me some more new stamps, complete sets if possible, I will be happy to reimburse you for the costs, that is, if you have any money to spare. I don't want you to use your money, which you need for yourself, for the stamps. On February 18, 1944, I sent you another package that I just had on hand and that you don't need, you can perhaps swap or sell somewhere else. The package contains 3 shaving mirrors, 1 tobacco pipe, 1 cigarette butt, 1 tube of toothpaste, 1 pack of razor blades, 1 pack of cigarette paper, some candies, and some gingerbread. We hope this package will be well received, too. We are also pleased that you received the Christmas package. We're still doing very well, as are your parents and little sister. We only got hit by a few incendiary bombs (sticks) from the last attack, but they were quickly extinguished. I hope all this war will finally be over soon. Until then, best wishes from your Uncle. Otto. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Wehrmacht Formations Luftwaffe Wehrmacht Formations Luftwaffe Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Wehrmacht - Luftwaffe formations (as found on covers and postcards etc., within the Brief History collection) Without FPN 2./Lw, B.Batl. 4/XI - Construction Battalion - Ref: 27.08.1940 Flieger-Ausbildungs-Regiment 82 (Würzen). Cover. Ref: 13.11.1940 Luftpark - Eschwege . Barlog cartoon postcard. Ref: 30.08.1939 With FPN (suffix 'L') 00916 (07.1943 - 23/36 - Archive only) 05003 (05.1943) 14399 (1943 - various with pictorial letterhead) 20070 (07.1940) 20208 (08.11.1941 - Archive only) 22701 (02.1944 - Typewritten letter to FPN) 27788 (04.1940 - 23/79 - Archive only) 28420 (09.1942) 29105 (04.1941 - 25/79 - Archive only) 29991 (09.12.1940 - Archive only) 30138 (04.11.1941 - Archive only) 30209 (07.1940 - 23/100) 33127 (07.1943 - 23/52 - Archive only) 35976 (12.1942 - Archive only) where is it? 36702 (11.1940 - 25/69 - Archive only) 36735 (08.1943) 49123 (07.1943) 51782 (03.1943 - Archive only) where is it? 53004 (07.1943 - 23/47 - Archive only) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Adhesive labels Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Adhesive labels Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Reichspostdirektion (RPD) Adhesive labels within the Brief History collection 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 'Annahme Verweiget - refusé' - see 1.12.1936 - 26/11 See 01.09.1936 - 25/12 (Zuruck/ zur Vervollstandigung der Aufschrift. Bestimmungsort ist ungenugend bezeichnet) 'Zur Ermittlung des/ Absenders/ amtlich geöffnet/ durch die/ Reichspostdirektion/ Berlin' (Officially opened by the Reichspostdirektion Berlin to identify the sender). 40x26mm (box). Ref 29.12.1941 'Ungenügende Adresse/ insuffisance d'adresse' 25x15mm green border. Ref: 18.09.1944 - 22/77 Swiss 'Unbekannt/ Inconnu/ Sconosciuto' 26.08.1938 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

German Postal Stationery PRIVATE 1/1 German Postal Stationary - PRIVATE German Postal Stationery (most with imprint stamp) based on the listings catalogued within the 3-volume R. James Bender series. With Bender reference added (BV = Bender volume - either 1,2 or 3, followed by page number) 1923 '1756 - 1923' old soldier facing modern soldier. BV1/8 Kartenbrief perforated letter-sheet with 'Deutschland erwache' graphic to reverse. BV1/9 'Der nationale Sozialismus' silhouette & flag. BV1/9 1924 Landsberg am lech with image of Hitler and hand-script. BV1/10 Pen & ink head and shoulders of Hitler. BV1/10 Bruschal - Deutscher Tag, followers climbing a hill. BV1/10 15-17 Aug. First meeting of NS-Workers. BV1/11 1925 Propagandafahrt sailing boat. BV1/11 1926 Half-length portrait of Hitler wearing a trench coat. BV1/12 1927 19-21 Aug. Group photo of Hitler surrounded by supporters. BV1/12 19-21 Aug. 'Reichsparteitag d.N.S.D.A.P. 1927 in Nürnberg' BV1/13 19-21 Aug. 'Zur Freiheit'. Supporter with torch aloft. BV1/13 24 Aug. 'Unser die Zukunst'. Supporter looking to the distance. BV1/14 'Der Marxismus Sterbe'. Series of six cards published by 'Kampfverlag'. BV1/14 (only two shown) 1928 Six propaganda postcards designed by Mojolnir and published by 'NSDAP Gau Berlin'. BV1/15 (all six shown) 1929 Three SA soldiers striking forwards. With Röhm hand-script. BV1/16 1-4 Aug. 'Auf in die SA!'. View of Nürnberg. BV1/16 1-4 Aug. 'Parteitag der Nationalsozialisten Nürnberg 1929'. Three-quarter length flag waver. BV1/17 1-4 Aug. 'Parteitag der Nationalsozialisten Nürnberg 1929'. Flag over Nürnberg. BV1/17 1-4 Aug. 'Hitler ruft Euch!'. Flag waver. BV1/17 'Deutschland erwache!' (Poorly drawn) head of Hitler. BV1/18 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1st Thüringen Postage Stamp Exhibition, Jena. BV1/357 1936 Berlin Christmas Market (Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt). BV1/365 1937 1938 25th anniversary of the Munich Postal Collector's Club 21.05.1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 ' Deutsche Reich' - Envelope and Postcard imprint postage stamps 1943 1944 1945 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th December 1936 Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt 1/0 Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt See 20.12.1936 - 26/10 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Souvenir Sheets Stamp Issues (A) Souvenir Sheets Stamp Issues (A) Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 SOUVENIR SHEETS For specific stamp issues (A) 1938 Austrian Plebiscite 9th April 1939 A13 (c) - see 09.04.1938 - 23/24 Austrian Plebiscite 9th April 1939 similar to A13 (g) - see 09.04.1938 - 23/23 Ferdinand von Zeppelin's 100th birthday, Mi.669-970 A16 (a) 1939 Berlin Motor Show A22 (a) i & ii - see 18.02.1939 - 22/82 & 83 A22 (b) i & ii (sets of three) - see 18.02.1939 - 22/82 & 83 1940 GG - Deutsche Rote Kreuz Mi.52 - see 17.08.1940 - 26/9 1941 Day of the Stamp, Mi.762 A47 (a) German Derby Mi.779 A53 (b) See 17/84 1942 Stamp Day, Mi.811 A60 (a,b & f) B&M - 3rd Anniversary of the Protectorate, Mi.83-84 1943 10th Anniversary of the Labour Corps, Mi.850-853 A76 (b) 1946 First post-war trade fair, Leipzig, Mi.162-165 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard Mi.P263 (Winter Relief Fund and Commemorating the Completion of 1,000 kilometres of Autobahn) sent from Berlin to an address un the United Kingdom (with uprated postage). Uprated postage for overseas (actual charge for foreign postage being 15 Pf). Featuring commemorative cancellation JB:Berlin210/107. Ref: 10.10.1936 - 26/8 The card was written by a correspondent whist in 'Kemplinski Haus Vaterland'. The message reads, in part, 'We are sitting here on the Wine Terrace in the Restaurant Vaterland and send kind regards...' The 'Wine Terrace' referred to is most likely the 'Grinzinger Heuriger', located at the front of the building above the cinema. 10th October 1936 Haus Vaterland/Mi.P263 1/1 Postcard Mi.P263 (Winter Relief Fund and Commemorating the Completion of 1,000 kilometres of Autobahn) sent from Berlin to an address un the United Kingdom (with uprated postage). Uprated postage for overseas (actual charge for foreign postage being 15 Pf). Featuring commemorative cancellation JB:Berlin210/107. Ref: 10.10.1936 - 26/8 The card was written by a correspondent whist in 'Kemplinski Haus Vaterland'. The message reads, in part, 'We are sitting here on the Wine Terrace in the Restaurant Vaterland and send kind regards...' The 'Wine Terrace' referred to is most likely the 'Grinzinger Heuriger', located at the front of the building above the cinema. HAUS VATERLAND 'I can think of no better way to top off a Berlin night . . . than an hour or two or three in Haus Vaterland. The place is certainly not 'high hat', nor is it low hat, but it is of the very essence of Berlin.' Sydney Clark, Germany on £10 , London: Nicholson and Watson, 1934 Postcard depicting 'Haus Vaterland'. Note that the photograpgh was most like taken in 1930/31 as the movie poster to the lower left edge depicts Käthe Dorsch in her title roll in 'Die Lindenwirtin' (aka 'The Inn at the Rhine'), released in August 1930. Ref: 19.04.1935 Haus Vaterland (Fatherland House) was a pleasure palace on the south-east side of Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin. Preceded by Haus Potsdam, a multi-use building including a large cinema and a huge café, from 1928 to 1943 it was a large, famous establishment including the largest cafe in the world, a major cinema, a large ballroom and numerous theme restaurants, promoted as a showcase of all nations. It was partially destroyed by fire in World War II, reopened in a limited form until 1953, and was finally demolished in 1976. In the Nazi years, the mix of restaurants was modified and the Jewish Kempinskis had to sell the building for a pittance to 'Aryans' and leave the country. A 1936 French film, Les Loups entre eux (English title: The Sequel to Second Bureau ), features scenes in Haus Vaterland, including 'the Horst Wessel song booming from the loud-speaker'. The business continued to host throngs of customers even after Berlin began to suffer heavy bombing by the Allies. In 1943 the building was damaged, particularly in the central section, in the British night Air-raid on the nights of 22nd and 23rd November that destroyed much of the centre of the city including the department store KaDeWe. On 3rd February 1945 it was bombed out by the U.S.A.A.F. during a daylight raid, only the walls left standing. 'Grinzinger Heuriger' Official posrcard from 'haus Vaterland' depicting the Heuriger in Grinzing. Ref: 17/42 A re-creation of a Viennese Heuriger (a tavern where local winemakers serve their new wine under a special licence in alternating months during the growing season) in Grinzing, on the third floor. The menu included Sachertorte prepared from the authentic recipe; the Kempinskis had an exclusive licence to offer it in Berlin. Guests sampled the new wine looking out at the steeple of St. Stephen's cathedral against a starry sky, and a tram with interior lights lit crossed the bridge over the Danube. In the Berliner Tageblatt , the Austrian writer Arnold Höllriegel declared the place to be far more genuine than the real thing. After the war, Potsdamer Platz was the point where three of the four Allied occupation zones met. The ruined Haus Vaterland was in the Russian sector, but had doors to both the British and the American. In 1947, Café Vaterland was reopened in an acclaimed gesture of will to rebuild the city, and in 1948 the Communist cabaret Frischer Wind was playing there, while because of its position on the sector lines, it was a hotbed of spying, flight from the East, and black marketing in currency and goods. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Commemorative postcard for the 1st Thüringen Postage Stamp Exhibition, Jena (depicting the city gateway). Ref: 04.10.1936, BV1357. 4th October 1936 Thürposta 1 1/1 Commemorative postcard for the 1st Thüringen Postage Stamp Exhibition, Jena (depicting the city gateway). Ref: 04.10.1936, BV1357. A second commemorative postcard for the 1st Thüringen Postage Stamp Exhibition, Jena (depicting the market square and memorial). Ref: 04.10.1936 - 26/7 Note: Each of these postcards (a set of two) comes with two imprint varieties, 3pf (brown) and 6pf (green). Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page