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31st August 1941 Deutsche Wirkschaftskraft 31st August 1941 Deutsche Wirkschaftskraft 1/0 Ausstellung Deutsche Wirtschaftskraft Aufbau am Oberrhein See 31.08.1941 and 15.09.1941 - 25/96 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

POW Camps in America POW Camps in America 12.01.1945 Fort Meade reverse.jpeg 12.01.1945 Fort Meade reverse.jpeg 1/1 POW camps situated within the USA REQUIRES A PAGE DEDICATED TO EACH LOCATION Aliceville Ashford Brady Como Crossville, Tennessee see 08.07.1943 - 23/17 Custer Dermott Devens Florence, Arizona see 12.06.1943 - 25/101 Glennan (General Hospital) Lewis Livingstone Meade Monticello Monticello - Sent from Camp Monticello to Italy (with return address of Fort Meade via A.P.O. New York). Ref 12.01.1945 Nexey Ogden Opelika Reno see 26.01.1944 Roswell Scotts Bluff, Nebraska see 07.08.1943 - 23/16 Sill Tonkawa Prisoner of War Postal Units 'Not all labor for the prisoners benefit was successful, especially that connected with the redirecting and forwarding of prisoner mail. In March 1944, two prisoner of war postal units were established to relieve g serious backlog of undelivered PW mail held by the New York District Postal Censor. This was done in cooperation with the Office of Censorship. An Italian postal unit, manned by Italian service unit personnel, was established at Fort George G. Meade, Md., where it operated until October 1945. Noncooperative German noncommissioned officers, under the supervision of 2 American officers and 10 enlisted men, operated a German postal unit at Camp Hearne, Tex. Noncommissioned officers were used because the work was of an administrative nature, and, therefore, they could be used; and German PW privates were to be used elsewhere. Although the backlog of mail was eliminated, trouble resulted. The noncooperative Germans used the mails to maintain an intelligence system directed against cooperative' prisoners of war in the United States. They obtained censorship-identified covers for reuse; they observed the routing and mail delivery system as well as the camp censorship and postal markings; they checked the prisoners' names through rosters; they manufactured unauthorized censorship and postmark stamps; and they removed the U. S. examiners' label tape for their own use. In addition, they knew the significance of the camps at Fort Devens, Mass., and Camp Campbell, Ky., where anti-Nazi prisoners were kept, and they gained access to the camp rosters. It became necessary to discontinue the German unit at Camp Hearne and to transfer its activity to Fort Meade where Italian Service Unit personnel were used until their repatriation. Cooperative German prisoners of war then relieved the Italian personnel.' Extract from History of Prisoner of War Utilization by the United States Army 1776-1945 Link to Wikipedia page listing all POW camps within the USA Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

10th October 1945 Camp 211, Rouïba, Algeria 10th October 1945 Camp 211, Rouïba, Algeria 1/1 Italian Red Cross letter-sheet correspondence sent from Milan to a POW at Camp 211, Algeria. Ref: 10.10.1945 Also see 15.12.1945 - 25/98 (Italian Red Cross variation to Camp 211) Camp 211, Rouïba, Algeria The Cap Matifou internment camp, also known as Camp 211, built by the Allies near the village Rouïba, Algeria. Luigi Sitia, deported to the Algerian camp, wrote in his book 'Stand at attention, bastard!' that, 'Upon entering the camp, a nasty surprise awaited us: truculent-looking English soldiers searched us, taking away every personal thing: watches, rings, money and documents, even pens and pencils… and finally we were thrown into eight-person tents, at least that's what I seem to remember. The next day, in groups of about twenty, we presented ourselves in front of the command barrack of the Camp and received our personal equipment: mosquito net, two blankets, English uniform with POW stamped in large letters on the back of the jacket and a piece of paper with our name and surname, rank, date of birth...' Luigi Sitia, 'Stand at attention, bastard!' , Grego & Grego publishers, 1992 The Italian Red Cross Section to be researched Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Postcard (Mi.P226I) sent to Ministerialrat Hermann Scherer. Featuring special cancellation JB:Munich110/555. Ref: 11.04.1938 11th April 1938 JB: Munich 1/1 Postcard (Mi.P226I) sent to Ministerialrat Hermann Scherer. Featuring special cancellation JB:Munich110/555. Ref: 11.04.1938 MUNICH cancellations as featured in the Bochmann catalogues (1952) JB:Munich60/548 - 'Gesellschaftsfahrten/ mit Postauto/ sind/ billig, bequem/ und genussreich'. Ref: 31.12.1937 JB:Munich73/550 - 'Hauptstadt der Bewegung'. Used from 1936 to 1945 with over 300 configurations. Ref: 26.01.1944 JB:Munich89/553 - 'Hauptstadt der/ Bewegung/ 9.11.23-9.11.1936'. Ref: 09.11.1936 JB:Munich97/554 - See 18.07.1943 - 25/97 JB:Munich98/554 - 'Tag der Deutschen Kunst - 1937 - Hauptstadt der Bewegung/ 1933/ 19 37'. Ref: 16.07.1937 JB:Munich110/555 - 'Internat./ Ringkampf - Turnier/ Großer/ Bayern - Pries/ 1938/ Munchen - Zirkusgebäude'. Ref: 11.04.1938 JB:Munich112/555 - 'Hauptstadt der Bewegung - Geburtstag des Führers/ 20.April 1938'. Ref: 20.04.1938 JB:Munich114/558 - Begegnung/ Hitler Mussolini/ 18.6.40./ Haupstadt der Bewegung'. Ref: 18.06.1940 JB:Munich118/556 - 'Das Braune Band des Springsports/ 30.7.1938.' Ref: 30.07.1938 JB:Munich119/226 - 'Das Braune Band v.Deutschland/ 31.7.1938'. Ref: 31.07.1938 JB:124/556 - 02.03.1939 JB:Munich127/556 - 'Fachschau für das Gaststätten- und Beherbergungsgewerbe/ 1939/ Mai 1939/ Hauptstadt der Bewegung'. Ref: 10.05.1939 JB:Munich135/557 - 'Das Braune Band des Springsports/ 29.7.1939'. Ref: 29.07.1939 - 14/44 JB:Munich151/559 - 'Gau-Strassen-Sammlung der Beamtenschaft/ 4.-5.1.1941/ Hauptstadt der Bewegung'. Ref: 04.01.1938 JB:Munich159/559 - see 20.04.1941 - 23/20 JB:Munich163/560 - 'Das Braune Band von Deutschland 1941/ 27.7.1941.' Ref: 27.07.1941 - 16/84 JB:Munich177/561 - 'Deutscher Alpenpreis 1942/ 19.7.1942'. Ref: 19.07.1942 JB:Munich189/562 - 'Hauptstadt der Bewegung/ 9.Nov.1943.' Ref: 09.11.1943 JB: Munich191/562 - 'Das Braune Band/ 10 Jahre/ 6.8.1944'. Ref: 06.08.1944 Note : JB: Munich191/562 was the last special cancellation issued during the 3rd Reich period. JB:Munich198/563 - 'Briefmarkenausstellung/ zu Gunsten des Bayerischen Roten Kreuzes/ 30.8. 7.9.47'. Ref: 03.09.1947 JB:Munich202/563 - 'Germana Esperanto - Kongreso Pentekosto 1948/ Pfingsten/ 1948/ Deutscher/ Esperanto/ Kongress'. Ref: 16.05.1948 - 15/17 JB:Munich202 variations Generic cancellations JB:308/832 - 02.03.1939 JB:350/836 - 'Kriegs/ WHW'. Issued in eight cities. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Cover featuring the Francotyp postage meter stamp of the Francotyp company. Ref: 15.04.1935 Francotyp Postage Meter Stamps 15.04.1935 Francotyp.jpeg 15.04.1935 Francotyp.jpeg 1/1 Cover featuring the Francotyp postage meter stamp of the Francotyp company. Ref: 15.04.1935 Francotyp Postage Meter Stamp variations Resource page for Francotyp identification B.1 Francotyp Model 'A', 59 - 62mm, horizontal convex/concave, multi value meter, single circle, angular font style. Ref: 26.09.1934 B.2 Francotyp Model 'B', 74 - 75mm, horizontal convex/concave, multi value meter, single circle, angular font style. Ref: 03.02.1933 B.3 Francotyp Model 'C', 77 - 79mm, horizontal convex/concave, multi value meter, single circle, angular font style. Ref: 26.01.1933 - 2/63 C.1 Francotyp Model 'A', 59 - 62mm, horizontal rectangle with horizontal lines in side panel, multi value meter, single circle, star + angular font style. Ref: 08.01.1934 C.2 Francotyp Model 'B', 74 - 75mm, horizontal rectangle with horizontal lines in side panel, multi value meter, single circle, angular font style. Ref: 10.10.1933 C.3 Francotyp Model 'C', 77 - 79mm, horizontal rectangle with horizontal lines in side panel, multi value meter, double circle, angular font style. Dated 05.05.1939. Ref: 3/60 C.3 Francotype Model 'C', 77 - 79mm, horizontal rectangle with horizontal lines in side panel, multi value meter, single circle, angular font style. Ref: 17.11.1933 D.3 Francotyp Model 'C', 77 - 79mm, vertical rectangle with swastika, multi value meter, double circle, angular font style. Ref: 15.04.1935 F.2 Francotyp Model 'B', 74 - 75mm, vertical rectangle with eagle, multi value meter, single circle, angular font style. Ref: 16.11.1939 F.3 Francotyp Model 'C', 77 - 79mm, vertical rectangle with eagle, multi value meter, double circle, gothic font style. Ref: 23.01.1939 F.3 (Francotyp model 'C') variation HD3-C. Eagle removed. Note the machine cancel value is '000'. Ref: 07.05.1946 - 15/35 F.3 (Francotyp model 'C') variation HF3. 16.02.1946 - 17/67 F.4 Francotyp Model 'D', 66 - 68mm, vertical rectangle with eagle, multi value meter, single circle, diamond + gothic font style. Ref: 14.05.1941 - 25/95 Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

12th May 1941 Emil von Behirng 12th May 1941 Emil von Behirng 1/0 Emil von Behring See 14.05.1941 - 25/94 On 4th December 1940, the Philipps University Marburg celebrated the 50th anniversary of the original publication of Emil von Behring’s decisive discovery of serum therapy. Top leaders of the National Socialist Party, the rectors of numerous German universities, representatives of the Behringwerke and many scientists and friends of Emil von Behring from abroad were also present. The celebration, which continued over a few days, began with lectures and addresses by officials, both of the state and party. Finally, a foundation certificate for a new Institute for Experimental Therapy was handed over. The professors then moved from the university auditorium ( Aula ), to unveil a new Behring Memorial close to the St. Elisabeth Church. The celebration was followed by a two-day scientific meeting, presenting the state of the art of immunology and the fight against infectious diseases. In the view of the National Socialists, Else von Behring was regarded as a 'half-Jew', as her mother came from a Jewish family. With the help of a number of friends she was able to get her sons accepted by Hitler as 'Aryans' and not stigmatised as 'half-breeds'. After the death of Else von Behring in 1936, no obstacles were left for the Nazi party to use Emil von Behring as a glorified representative of national socialist 'Germanic' science. During the ceremony there were, however, some signs of tension. Although one of Behring’s sons participated in the ceremony, he was not greeted by any of the official speakers. Only the Danish researcher, Thorvald Madsen from Copenhagen, who had previously been chairman of the Health Organisation of the League of Nations, dared to mention Behring’s friendly connection with researchers from enemy countries, such as those at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Courageously, he also recalled the great bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich, despised by the Nazis due to his Jewish origin, who had played a significant role in Behring’s successes. S ource: nobelprize.org Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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25th December 1943 Russian Field Post 25th December 1943 Russian Field Post 1/0 Russian Field Post See 25.12.1943 - 25/93 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

24th July 1945 Essen 1 - Mi.PA01 24th July 1945 Essen 1 - Mi.PA01 1/0 Allied Postal Stationery BRITISH ZONE ESSEN 1 - Mi.PA01 See 24.07.1945 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

12th June 1942 POW Camps in East Africa 12.06.1942 Camp 366 reverse.jpeg 12.06.1942 Camp 366 reverse.jpeg 1/1 POW Mail sent from an Italian prisoner detained at British camp 366 at Longido (?), Tanzania (possibly written to reverse 'Sez.' - 'Section' D). There were five camps to 366, these were Jinga, Kampala, Soroti, Longido, and Tabora. If Jinga = 'A', then the assumption is made that 'D' = Longido. All this could be totally incorrect! Ref: 12.06.1942 POW Mail - Camps administered by the British in East Africa Camp 352 see 06.05.1943 Camp 356 see 16.07.1944 Camp 366 (main image) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page