NAZI GERMANY
POSTCARDS
HONOURING THE FALLEN
(9th Nov 1935)
The official memorial to the Nazi party members who died during the Munich Putsch of 9th Nov 1923, was opened in Munich in 1935. To commemorate the event there were a number of postcards issued.
The rectangular memorial was designed by Paul Ludwig Troost and lists the names of all the 16 martyred Nazi's who died during the failed Munich Putsch (four members of the Bavarian police were also killed). The memorial was under 24 hour guard and was used for local Nazi rallies and parades, as well as by SS recruits who took their oath of allegiance to Hitler in front of it. On 3rd Jun 1945 the memorial was destroyed by local Germans and the Feldherrnhalle was subsequently restored to it's pre-Nazi condition.
Below are some examples of the many postcards issued to commemorate the construction of the memorial. As well as the individual cards shown here there was also a series of at least 24 cards published by Heinrich Hoffmann. More research is required on these cards.
SÜDDEUTSCHER KUNSTVERLAG
MUNICH
This colour postcard was published by Süddeutscher Kunstverlag and has a very common image used on this series of postcards, that of two German soldiers standing guard over the memorial. There text below the image reads "Und Ihr Habt Doch Gefeight!" - 'And you have a fight!'. On the reverse is another inscription, this time reading "München, Feldherrnhalle Mahnmal, zu Ehren der Gefallenen vom 9. November 1923" - 'Munich, Feldherrnhalle memorial, in honor of the fallen on November 9, 1923'. There are at least two other similar postcards which bear similar text on the front.
The card from my collection was postally used in Munich on 17th Jun 1935, and in addition to the CDS cancel, there is a special slogan cancel used to advertise the 1935 Munich Summer Festival.
(1)
HONOURING THE FALLEN
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
(2)
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HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
(3)
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VERLAG CARL KRUECK
MUNICH
This second postcard was published by Verlag Carl Krueck. The inscription reads "München Mahnmal" - 'Munich Memorial'. This particular example was postally used with a regular CDS on 31st May 1935 in Munich, and also features a special slogan cancel inscribed "Münchener Festsommer 1935" - 'Munich festival summer 1935'.
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
A. LENGAUER
MUNICH
This third postcard was published by A. Lengauer and has a similar image as the card above. The inscription this time reads "München Mahnmal in der Felderrnhalle. Und Ihr Habt doch gesiegt!" - 'Munich memorial in the Feldrnhalle. However, you have won!'.
This particular example was postally used with a regular CDS on 1st Jun 1937 in Munich, and also features a special slogan cancel inscribed "Besuchte die 4. Reichsnährstands-Ausstellung in München 30 Mai - 6. Jun 1937" - 'Visit the 4th Reichsnahrstands exhibition in Munich May 30 - Jun 6, 1937'.
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
HONOURING THE FALLEN
HONOURING THE FALLEN
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
EMIL KÖHN KUNSTVERLAG
MUNICH
This fourth postcard was published by Emil Köhn Kunstverlag and has a similar image as the cards above. .
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
WUTZ KUNSTVERLAG
MUNICH
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
HONOURING THE FALLEN
FROM MY COLLECTION
OTHER PUBLISHERS
MUNICH
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