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This 1933 Nuremberg Rally card puts Hitler in
the center. Julius Streicher, the notorious Jew-Baiter, is to
his left. I'm not quite sure who is on the right. One of the
reasons the Nazis chose Nuremberg as the site of their party
rallies was the city's past. The Nazi Party itself was new, but
connecting it with Nuremberg made it part of the flow of German
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This 1934 Nuremberg Rally card emphasizes the
connection of the Nazi Party to the German tradition. Thanks
to Thomas Godley for the scan. |
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Another1934 Nuremberg Rally card emphasizes the
S.A. Thanks to Thomas Godley for the scan. |
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This 1937 Nuremberg Rally shows Albert Speer's "Cathedral
of Light" effect. Spotlights were placed around the rally grounds
pointed up. The effect was apparently stunning. When Speer first proposed
the idea, the military opposed it, since it required the use of about
every available spotlight. Speer's counter-argument was that if the
rest of the world saw such a profligate use of spotlights at the party
rally, it would assume Germany had lots of them. |
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This 1938 postcard celebrates the incorporation
of Austria into Germany. The caption reads: "One People,
One Reich, One Führer". |
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A Kreis was the term for a Nazi county unit.
These held regular rallies, rather like miniature Nuremberg rallies.
This is from County St. Pöltern in recently annexed Austria,
commemorating the 1939 rally. |
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A Gau was the next larger unit in the Nazi hierarchy. This
one is also from Austria after the annexation..
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This card, which I think dates to 1938, is a criticicism
of those who criticize. Meckerer translates as complainer,
with negative connotations. Four unpleasant looking chaps gather to
complain while everyone else happily watches a a Nazi parade. |
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This postcard was produced for the 1939 Nuremberg Party Rally,
which was to be the "Party Rally of Peace." It was
canceled upon the outbreak of World War II. |
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This is a late 1939 postcard proclaiming "Danzig is
German." Danzig, now the Polish city of Gdansk, was a free
city, separated from Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles,
until the Nazis recaptured it after invading Poland. The sun
peeking through the clouds (on a church) suggests that even the
heavens approve of Hitler's conquests. |
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Warteland was part of Poland incorporated into Germany
after the Polish campagn. The caption translates "Day of Freedom
1940". Thanks to Rick Hudson for the scan. |
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This is one of a huge number of postcards with a military
theme. It shows a group of mountain troops on maneuvers in the
Bavarian Alps. |
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This is one of a series of postcards on various service units,
anti-tank gunners in this case. Thanks to Jim Finkle for the
scan. |
