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Barry Hoffman Nazi Postcard Collection

1936 Berlin Olympics

May 17, 2023

Accession Number: 2022.02.2.1.49
Date: 9/25/36
Stamps (From left to right): Soccer player (green), Mi: DR 626; Gymnast (brown), Mi: DR 609; Munich motorway (brown), Mi: DR 634y.
Postmark: Nurnberg, Die Stadt der Reichsparteitage 25.9.36.-17.
Historical Background: Prior to Hitler’s reign in Germany, Berlin was selected as the host for the 1936 Summer Olympics. Once he and the Nazi party rose to power, the Olympics served as a critical opportunity to establish the nation as a global force. This postcard was sent a month after the event’s closing ceremony.

 

[Front]

Five women holding the Olympic rings for the Berlin 1936 Olympics.

[Back]

Message from an American in Berlin to his stamp collector friend.

Front

Black-and-white photograph print of German women standing with the Olympic rings. Caption reads, “Olympiade 1936.”

Back

Message from an American to his friend in Evanston, Illinois:

“My dear Dan,
Have thought a great deal of you on my trip through Europe. It is for this reason that you are now becoming a stamp collector that I am sending this card. A symbol of Olympic games with Olympic stamps,
A. Laugone”

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