Barry Hoffman Nazi Postcard Collection
Accession Number: 2022.02.8.2
Date: 1933
Stamp: From left to right: Pleskau, MI: DE-RU PL 1b, UN:DE-RU PL 1B; Austria, MI: DR-AT 515, ANK:DR-AT 515
Postmark: Round black mark reads Munchen 10 4 34
Artist: A.Berr.
Historical background: The “Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes” (Winter Relief for the German People) was a charitable organization run under the Nationalist Socialist People’s Welfare. The German people were expected to make donations to the fund.
Watercolor painting of a Nazi soldier holding a Nazi flag is standing to the left of a plaque that reads “Banristrhes Beamte Noropfer sur winterhilfe” or Bavarian Officials’ Emergency Fund-Raising for Winterhilfswere. Surrounding the plaque are 15 different symbols with an eternal fire at the top.
Message addressed to “The Fröhlich family” on April 10, 1934.
Translation:
My dears! We were very pleased to receive the package today and thank you very much for it. It’s a shame you didn’t get the position. My old darling is currently in bed, she has caught a cold and now has the flu. But it’s better. We really enjoy the album with pictures, but now we can’t paste it in because of all the care we have to take. In any case, it makes us happy and also that Berta was happy even though I couldn’t let it get me down. I’ll hear more from time to time. Greetings to everyone
