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Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Barry Hoffman Nazi Postcard Collection

Nazi Rally (Tobacco Card)

May 18, 2023

Accession Number: 2022.02.1.10
Date: 1933
Designer: Heinrich Hoffmann
Historical Background: This tobacco card would have been traded amongst civilians in Nazi Germany. The “last” Nazi Party rally is depicted on the front, an event held in celebration of the official Nazi claim to power in Germany. Nuremberg provided the central location for Nazi demonstrations between 1923-33, with its rally grounds containing more and more participants each year.

[Front]

Nazi flag procession.

[Back]

Flag procession description.

Front

Black-and-white photo print of Nazi flags processed toward the Nuremberg Party Congress during the final Nazi Party rally.

Back

Caption reads “The Appeal of the political officials. Entry of the flags at the Nuremberg Party Congress in 1933.”

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