Postcard featuring Mi.502 and Mi.503 (Wagner series), together with a Winterhilfswerk 1 Pfennig donation label. 16th April 1934 1/1 Postcard featuring Mi.502 and Mi.503 (Wagner series), together with a Winterhilfswerk 1 Pfennig donation label. See 16.04.1934 - 10/11 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Autograph postcard bearing the signature of Rudolf Nadolny. Ref: 15.06.1936 - Fleurs & Papillons 15th June 1936 Rudolf Noladny 1/1 Autograph postcard bearing the signature of Rudolf Nadolny. Ref: 15.06.1936 - Fleurs & Papillons Rudolf Nadolny Rudolf Nadolny (1873 - 1953) was a military intelligence officer under German Foreign Office cover. During the First World War, he worked in a branch of the German General Staff that experimented in biological warfare. He was the German Ambassador to Turkey (1924-1933) and the Soviet Union (1933-1934) and the head of the German delegation at the World Disarmament Conference (1932-1933). He sought to pursue close relations between the Weimar Republic and the Soviet Union. Nadolny left the diplomatic service in opposition to Hitler's policy towards the Soviets. Nadolny was born in Groß Stürlack, East Prussia (now Sterławki Wielkie, Poland) to Heinrich (1847–1944) and Agnes Nadolny, née Trinker (1847–1910). His father's family had been landowners in East Prussia since the 14th century. His mother's ancestors were Protestant exiles from Salzburg. Nadolny passed his Abitur at the gymnasium (school) of Rastenburg in 1892 and studied law at the University of Königsberg. Nadolny joined the German diplomatic service in 1902 and was deployed in St. Petersburg in 1903 to 1907 in which he witnessed the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the Russo-Japanese War. Nadolny was then sent to Persia, Bosnia and Albania. During the First World War, Nadolny led a political section of the German General Staff, the so-called Sektion Politik Berlin des Generalstabs . The group was responsible for acts of sabotage by using explosives and biological warfare. In 1915, Nadolny shipped cultures of anthrax and glanders, a horse disease that is also deadly to humans, to the German embassy in Romania to use them to target animals traded with the Russian Empire. The operation lasted until August 1916. Bacteria used by Nadolny were prepared in Berlin, and from there, Nadolny sent out the biological agents to Spain, the United States, Argentina and Romania. It was Nadolny who sent the infamous Anton Dilger to the still-neutral United States, where Dilger engaged in one of the first acts of state sponsored bioterrorism in the 20th century. In July 1916, he became the German chargé d'affaires in Persia but returned to Germany in November 1917 to serve as the acting head of the Eastern Department of the German Foreign Office. As such, Nadolny took part in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. After the end of the First World War, Nadolny was the Foreign Office's representative in the Office of the German President. From January 1920, he led the German legation in Stockholm and became the German ambassador to Turkey in May 1924. During the interwar era, Nadolny wrote that out of mixing of German and 'Slavic' blood, a new species and race would be born, an 'East-Elbian' race, and he attacked the Czechoslovak national leader Jan Masaryk for criticising the 'Prussian Spirit'. In November 1928, after the death of Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German ambassador in Moscow, Nadolny applied for this post, but his efforts were vetoed by Gustav Stresemann, who appointed Herbert von Dirksen instead. From February 1932 to October 1933, Nadolny was the head of the German delegation at the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva. In the spring of 1932, when General Kurt von Schleicher brought down the government of Heinrich Brüning and had his friend Franz von Papen appointed chancellor, Nadolny was of the three men to be interviewed by Scheicher as a possible foreign minister for the Papen government. The other two men interviewed to be Foreign Minister were Baron Leopold von Hoesch, the German ambassador to France, and Baron Konstantin von Neurath, the German ambassador to the United Kingdom. Ultimately, Neurath was chosen by Schleicher to be the foreign minister in the 'Cabinet of the President's Friends', as the Papen government was known, and he never forgot that Nadolny was disappointed that he did not get the portfolio that he had greatly wanted. Neurath stayed on as Foreign Minister and served in the Papen, Schleicher and Hitler governments until 4th February 1938, he was sacked by Hitler. Nadolny became the German ambassador to the Soviet Union in October 1933. Neurath, who saw Nadolny as a rival, and knew of Hitler's anti-Soviet inclinations and Nadolny's advocacy of better relations with the Soviet Union, gave him the Moscow appointment to ruin his career. Nadolny's attempts to enhance German–Soviet relations on the basis of the Treaty of Rapallo (1922) were largely unsuccessful as it contradicted Hitler's policy. Nadolny believed in 1933 that it was feasible for Nazi Germany to annex Polish territories in Pomerania in exchange for promising Lithuanian Memel to the Poles. Nadolny argued against the 1934 German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact because of its influence on German–Soviet relations and urged 'decent treatment' of Soviet ambassador Maxim Litvinov 'even if he is Jewish'. In a conference with Hitler, Nadolny pointed out that in his view close ties with the Soviets were of essential interest, but Hitler rejected any compromise with Bolshevism. However, even Nadolny admitted that a totally-friendly relationship with Russia was impossible. The meeting, which was described as a 'stormy one', ended with Hitler declaring the conversation finished; Nadolny answered that 'the conversation had just begun'. On another occasion, he addressed Hitler as 'Herr Reichskanzler', as opposed to the common 'Mein Führer', and he refused to use the Nazi salute. Nadolny resigned on 16th June 1934 and worked as an administrator of an estate. During the Second World War, he served as a captain and later major at the High Command of the Wehrmacht and on the staff of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. In 1945 Nadolny, who had no compromising Nazi Party affiliation, became the president of the German Red Cross and was active in the Society for German Reunification and the German Unity Association. With the growing tensions between the Western Allies and the Soviets, Nadolny was sometimes seen as a Soviet agent and was generally mistrusted. During the Blockade of Berlin in 1948 to 1949, Nadolny moved to West Germany. He died in 1953 in Düsseldorf. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

6th August 1945 6th August 1945 1/1 Cover featuring 'Saxon Obliteration' Mi.AP827 I, with Zwickau commemorative cancellation for Robert Schumann (JB:Zwickau22/800). The cover has been expertised by Dr. Pollmer. Ref: 06.08.1945

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Commercial cover sent from supermarket co-operative 'Edeka' in Leipzig. Featuring a C.2 Francotyp Model 'B' machine cancel. Ref: 05.11.1934 - 16/86 5th November 1934 'Edeka' 1/1 Commercial cover sent from supermarket co-operative 'Edeka' in Leipzig. Featuring a C.2 Francotyp Model 'B' machine cancel. Ref: 05.11.1934 - 16/86 'Edeka' The Edeka Group is the largest German supermarket corporation as of 2017, holding a market share of 25.3%. Founded in 1907, it currently consists of several co-operatives of independent supermarkets, all operating under the umbrella organisation Edeka Zentrale AG & Co KG , with headquarters in Hamburg. There are approximately 4,100 stores with the Edeka nameplate, ranging from small corner stores to hypermarkets. On 16th November 2007, Edeka reached an agreement with Tengelmann to purchase a 70% majority stake in Tengelmann's Plus discounter store division, which was then merged into Edeka's Netto brand, resulting in around 4,200 stores by 2018. Across all brands, the company operated a total of 13,646 stores at the end of 2017. The cooperative was founded in 1907 as the E.d.K. ( Einkaufsgenossenschaft der Kolonialwarenhändler im Halleschen Torbezirk zu Berlin , Purchasing Cooperative of Colonial Goods Retailers in the Hallesches Tor district of Berlin). In 1911, it was renamed as Edeka, a phonetic expansion of the previous abbreviation. The Edekabank was founded in 1914 and, from 1923, central billing was introduced. Although the name contains 'Berlin', the group was officially founded in Leipzig. After the Second World War and the collapse of the Third Reich, the reconstruction of the store network was led from the new Hamburg central offices. In 1972, the cooperatives changed structure and formed twelve regional companies, the umbrella corporation and the Edekabank converting from a cooperative to a public limited company. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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30th August 1935 T.S. 'Tannenberg' 1/0 See 30.08.1935 - 24/68 Postcard depicting the turbine steamer 'Tannenberg'. The card was posted 'an Bord' on the 30th August 1935 (and subsequently delivered from Kiel on the 9th September), just over a month after the ships commissioning. Ref: 30.08.1935 - 24/68 The Tannenberg was a German passenger and car ferry that operated in the Baltic Sea to East Prussia from 1935 to 1939 and was requisitioned by the Navy during World War II and used as a mine ship. The turbine ship, built by the Stettiner Oderwerke for the Reich Ministry of Transport, was launched on 16th March 1935. The ship was christened by the then twelve-year-old Gertrud von Hindenburg, granddaughter of the Field Marshal and Reich President Paul von Hindenburg , who had died the year before. It was the third major new ship to be commissioned for the East Prussian naval service , and with a top speed of 20 knots it was the fastest ship on the line. The home port was Stettin , and HAPAG acted as the correspondent shipowner. The Tannenberg sailed from Schleswig-Holstein , Mecklenburg and Pomerania to East Prussia as part of the East Prussia naval service from 1935 to 1939. The main route ran from Travemünde via Warnemünde , Binz and Swinemünde to Zoppot , Pillau and Memel . Kiel was also called at when required. The ship was equipped to transport 2,000 passengers and around 100 passenger cars. The vehicle compartment was also used to accommodate young people on camp beds, in which the aim was to arouse interest in the navy, for example on trips to the naval base in Kiel. On 2nd September 1939, the ship, which had been designed for wartime use, was requisitioned by the Navy and converted into a mine-laying ship. In August 1940, it was used as the flagship of the mine-laying ships. On 9th July 1941, the ship, together with the mine ships Preußen and Hansestadt Danzig, hit a Swedish minefield east of the southern tip of Öland and sank. The Preußen and the Hansestadt Danzig were also lost in the same minefield. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

28th December 1938 1/0 28th December 1938 Leutstetten to 27 Queen Square, Bath Dear Madeleine! Ever so many thanks for your beautiful calendar. I fixed it up in our room and am waiting for the first of January to open it. I have got lovely things for Xmas. A orange coloured kimono, a real Japanese one as a dressing gown. And of course heaps of other things too. Baby and Gottfried are here now. Did I tell you I spent a fortnight with them in Achberg. The house is lovely and old and the whole place seems full of fairies and witches. It looks like “La Belle Au Bois Dormant”. Baby took me to Switzerland for three days. We stayed in Lucerne. It was a pity I didn’t see more as everything was hidden in the thickest fog. It is icy cold here and snowing too. We went skiing once and I bought home some bruises. But now there will be a foot of snow, so it will be softer. Ludwig has gone to the mountains for skiing somewhere behind Kitzbuhel. I went to the opera and saw Verdi’s “Traviata” and parts of Wagner’s “Lohengrin”. It is much too long. Then I saw Turandot by Schiller. He is as famous in Germany as Shakespeare is with you. By the way, I began reading Shakespeare in Achberg. It is really wonderful. He is a marvellous poet. I do hope you got our parcel from Sarvar ok. A very happy New Year. Loll Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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