[Above: Postcard for the Deutscher Reichs Erntedankfest (a harvest/Thanksgiving festival) featuring the image of Reichsbauernführer Walter Darré.]

[Above: The entrance to Darré's headquarters -- note the tapestry with the irminsul symbol -- it says: 'No people lives longer than the documents of its culture'.]

[Above: Walter Darré and Adolf Hitler]

[Above: Darré's signature.]

  • This symbol's origin is unknown, but it is probably the binding of two runes -- the Sieg and the Opfer runes -- meaning Victory and Sacrifice.

    [Below: The original colored draft of the crest can be seen at the new Wewelsburg museum in the SS exhibition.]

    [Below: Blood and Soil administrative contribution card for foreigners. Front.]

    [Below: Blood and Soil administrative contribution card for foreigners. Back.]