[Below: This beauty is'SS Leitheft 8. Jahrgang heft 4, 1942' (SS Leadership Magazine, 8th year, issue 4, 1942). Like everything produced by the SS, these magazines are rare to find, so it is cool to be able to scan it for you. Click to see inside.]
[Below: This extremely high quality card from 1935 is from an insurance company, informing customers of a move. The building itself is quite impressive. The company, Hamburg-Mannheimer Insurance Company has since changed its name. This picture shows the front and reverse of the card. Nothing too exciting, but since it's Third Reich it is collected. Everything from the Third Reich is treasured, even old insurance cards.]
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[Below: This is strange and obviously rare. It's not in the best shape, but when you are dealing with rare items condition doesn't matter as much, it's nice to just have an example. So what is this? Let's see what it says: 'Christmas Special Card - For ordinary consumers and non-agricultural self-sufficient individuals over 18 years of age - Valid from December 13, 1943 to February 6, 1944'. The ink stamp says Dresden. The reverse is blank.]
[Below: This train ticket is from the 1940s during the German occupation of Poland. The ticket is from Krotoschin to Horleburg oder Dieterslinde (both places in modern day Poland), for a whopping bank-breaking 0.60 pfennig (cents). It's amazing the stuff that survives wars and the ravishes of time. Why someone saved this ticket in the first place is a mystery. Front/reverse.]
[Below: This Wurttemberg document, from August 1939, is an authorization for an insurance refund.]
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[Below: Document reverse showing the months paid.]
[Below: This is an interesting copy of a document that is the size of a postcard, which was pasted in a period photo album. As you can read from the translation, it involves the surrender of Czechoslovakia, dated March 15, 1939. On the right is the original German version and on the left the translated English version.]
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[Below: This letter, from November 26, 1938, says:
'Dear Madam!
TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS ARE BINDING ONLY WITH WRITTEN CONFIRMATION.
Following our telephone conversation today, I am enclosing, as requested, the church tax assessment for 1938.']
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[Below: Envelope canceled on June 4, 1942]
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[Below: This document, from October 19, 1938, says:
'Dear Madam!
Mrs. Agnes Franssen requests that I forward to you the request of her two children for a picture of their deceased father. Should you not wish to send it directly, I suggest you send me the picture for forwarding.']
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[Below: This document, from June 13, 1939, says:
'Dear Madam!
Mrs. Agnes Franssen has finally agreed to the latest proposal. Her lawyer writes as follows:
"In the Franssen estate case, my client accepts the settlement proposal you made in your letter of May 23. She therefore waives maintenance payments from Mrs. Else Franssen and her son in exchange for a payment of 1200 RM. The amounts paid to date are not included in this payment and will not be offset against it."
Thus, all remaining differences that stood in the way of the settlement would be resolved. I am now preparing everything so that the guardianship court can approve the settlement. It is possible that the local district court will declare itself incompetent. It recently inquired about your current address. Therefore, it is to be expected that it will transfer the files to the Göttingen District Court. You will hear from me again soon.
I am receiving the certificate of inheritance back from Mr. Hische today, which I am enclosing, as you will need it for Gothaer
As you know, in our various letters we have addressed the insurance premiums still payable by you after your husband's death as liabilities of the estate. I refer you to my letter of January 27, 1939, page 6. This would also increase the surrender value of the policy somewhat. I request prompt notification of the amount by which this surrender value should now be included in the settlement. Up to now, this value has been set at RM 2,930.80.']
[Below: This envelope, with a special NSRB cancel, was postmarked on May 12, 1936.]
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[Below: This envelope was postmarked on March 18, 1937.]
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[Below: This envelope was postmarked on June 10, 1938 and returned to sender (zurück).]
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[Below: This letter, dated June 29, 1939, says:
'Mr. Karl Soine Wine Merchants,
Mannheim Heinrich Lanzstrasse No. 30.
In the matter of the firm Anton Vogler & Co., I refer to my letter of June 7, 1939. You are still in arrears with the payment of the amounts for May and June 1939, in the amount of RM 20 each. I now expect payment of the sum of RM 40 within one week; otherwise, I have been instructed to have a new date set for the taking of the oath of disclosure.
Heil Hitler!
Attorney at Law.']
[Below: This envelope was postmarked on September 25, 1937.]
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[Below: This envelope was postmarked on October 6, 1936.]
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[Below: This says:
'Kaiserslautern Command
Commandant
Kaiserslautern, the 9th of May 1942.
For your donation of RM 100 for "Wehrmacht Day"
I express my sincerest thanks on behalf of the Kaiserslautern garrison. It will be a source of pride and satisfaction to have contributed to this great success through your enthusiastic efforts. With best regards and with
Heil Hitler!
Yours very devoted
(...)
11. April 1942'.]
[Below: This is dated June 19, 1942.]
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[Below: This is dated August 6, 1943.]
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[Below: This is dated May 24, 1943.]
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[Below: This is dated March 12, 1937.]
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[Below: This is dated June 19, 194?.]
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[Below: This is dated July 30, 1941.]
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[Below: This is dated August 8, 1945 (odd that they were still using Third Reich stamps months after the war, with eagles and swastikas and all).]
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[Below: This is dated August 2, 1945. This paper is very strange, almost like plastic.]
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[Below: This is dated November 7, 1942.]
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[Below: This is dated March 14, 1941.]
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[Below: This is dated March 12, 1939.]
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[Below: This is dated February 22, 1943.]
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[Below: This is dated April 16, 1944.]
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[Below: This is dated June 24, 1941.]
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[Below: This is dated December 1, 1942.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated December 16, 1936.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated October 4, 1939.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated February 26, 1937.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated December 8, 1938.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated August 23, 1938.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated July 27, 1937.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated January 23, 1936.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated December 18, 1937.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated June 5, 1937.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated July 27, 1936.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated October 14, 1939.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated January 26, 1938.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated September 27, 1940.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated September 7, 1942. Front.]
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[Below: This is a 'führungszeugnis' (criminal record certificate), dated September 7, 1942. Reverse.]
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[Below: This is an police affidavit from October 22, 1936.]
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[Below: This is a marriage certificate from May 31, 1943. Page one.]
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[Below: This is a housing inquiry from March 28, 1935.]
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[Below: This is a certified birth certificate for a Russian for the purpose of conscription, January 15, 1940.]
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