(C) Mourning the Ancient

Below are Reich Party Day (Reichsparteitag) postcards from 1935 - 1939.
These amazing rallies showed the world the beauty and dedication of National Socialism.
They were held in the beautiful city of Nuremberg from 1933 to 1938.

- 1935 -

[Below: Reich Party Day 1935. These Reich Party Day postcards are very cool. Some of them are not very expensive at all, but then others are very rare and can even be over $1,000. This was the year that the famous French novelist Louis Bertrand (March 20, 1866 - December 6, 1941) attended the rally. He wrote passionately of the rally and Adolf Hitler and wrote of his experience in the book 'Hitler - A View of the 1935 Reichs Party Day'.]]

[Below: Reverse. Addressed to 'Obertruppführer Paul Fister' and postmarked on September 14, 1935 in Nuremberg. There was two days left of the rally.]

[Below: Same postcard but different postmark and postage stamp.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 14, 1935 in Nuremberg.]

[Below: Close-up.]

- 1936 -

[Below: Reich Party Day 1936.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 10, 1936 in Nuremberg.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1936, same postcard but different postmark and postage stamp.]]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 11, 1936 with a fairly rare 'Marschstaffel' (Marching Squadron) cancel.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1936, same postcard but different postmark and postage stamp.]]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 13, 1936 from Nuremberg.]

[Below: Close-up.]

- 1937 -

[Below: Reich Party Day 1937.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 12, 1937 in Nuremberg.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1937, same postcard but different postmark and postage stamp.]]

[Below: Reverse. Unused.]

- 1938 -

[Below: Reich Party Day 1938.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 12, 1938 in Nuremberg.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1938. Black and white version]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 10, 1938 in Nuremberg.]

- 1939 -

[Below: Reich Party Day 1939.]

[Below: Reverse. This is unused.]

[Below: Close-up. Very beautiful. He's grasping the Blood Flag (Blutfahne).]

- Miscellaneous Party Day postcards -

[Below: Reich Party Day 1933.]

[Below: Reverse. This is addressed to the United States (Pennsylvania), but was never sent.]

[Below: Nuremberg NSDAP Party Rally postcard from 1933. Used example. This was postmarked on September 1, 1933 in Nurnberg. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Reverse. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1933.]

[Below: Reverse. This was canceled on Septemeber 4, 1933.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1935.]

[Below: Reverse. Someone had this canceled and then put the postage stamp on it. Perhaps they did this so the postage stamp wasn't obscured by the cancel? The postage stamp commemorates the Reich Party Day and is from 1935.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1935.]

[Below: Reverse. This is postmarked on September 14, 1935.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1936. This is very interesting. It has 1936, 1937 and 1938 Party Day cancels.]

[Below: Reverse. This is addressed to the United States (Pennsylvania), but was never sent.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1936.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 9, 1937.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: In the series of postcard from above, this was from Reich Party Day 1936.]

[Below: Reverse. This was canceled on September 12, 1936.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1936.]

[Below: Reverse. This was canceled on September 12, 1936.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1937.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 9, 1937.]

[Below: Commemorating Reich Party Day 1937.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on January 21, 1937.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day 1938.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 8, 1938.]

[Below: Reich Party Day postcard canceled in 1944.]

[Below: Reverse. This is postmarked November 9, 1944, a very special day. On November 9, 1918, German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated the throne, and the National Socialists carried out the Putsch on November 9, 1923. The postage stamp is also commemorating November 9th.]

[Below: Close-up.]

[Below: Reich Party Day postcard (unknown date).]

[Below: Reverse. It's interesting that they stamped the swastika over the date, which was to use the postcard in another year.]

[Below: Reich Party Day postcard (unknown date).]

[Below: Reverse. Another swastika overprint on the date.]

[Below: Reich Party Day commemorative postcard. This shows the massive Congress Hall on Zeppelin Field. It still stands today. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked on September 11, 1938 and sent to the USA, but the sender forgot to put the state. It was received in New York, where it was sent back to Germany. The return address looks like it is scrawled in Sütterlin, a sort of cursive writing that is almost impossible to read in the modern age. 'ZURUCK' just means RETURN. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Nuremberg NSDAP Party Rally postcard from 1934. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked in Nuremberg on September 9, 1934. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Nuremberg NSDAP Party Rally postcard from 1936. It says: 'Zur Erinnerung an Nürnberg - Die Stadt der Reichsparteitage' (In memory of Nuremberg - The state of the Reich Party Day). Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Reverse. This was postmarked in Nuremberg on September 9, 1934. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: Close-up. Click to enlarge.]

[Below: A series of four extremely cool private postcards showing early National Socialists. All of them bear the 'Marschstaffel' (Marching Squadron) cancel, this first one being dated September 7, 1936. Click to enlarge.]