1935 Reich party rally of the NSDAP in Nuremberg, The Leader’s hammer blow at the groundbreaking of the Kongresshalle

Germany / Third Reich (1933-1945)

The Congress Grounds were built southeast of Niirnberg on a grandiose scale. By 1935 the Luitpold Arena was completed, and a Congress Hall for 60,000 spectators was under construction. “Further to the north of the stadium the processional avenue crossed an expanse of water in which the buildings would be reflected. Then, concluding the complex, came a square, bounded on the right by the Kongresshalle, which still stands, and on the left by a Kulturhalle meant specifically for Hitler’s speeches on cultural matters. “Hitler had appointed me the architect for all these buildings except the Kongresshalle, which had been designed in 1933 by Ludwig Ruff. He gave me a free hand with plans and execution and participated every year in a ceremonial cornerstone laying. “At the cornerstone laying of the Niirnberg Kongresshalle, Hitler saw me standing in the second rank. He interrupted the solemn ceremonial to extend his hand to me. I was so overwhelmed by the unusual sign of favor that I let my own hand, raised in salute, fall with a loud smack on the bald head of Julius Streicher, the Gauleiter of Franconia, who stood just front of me.” This dated Nurnberg rally card is franked with the 1935 Reichsparteitag issue (Sc 465). It was mailed from Postamt 2 on 15 September 1935. It received the “3 star” machine cancel.

Condition: Used.

Type: Postcard, Postal History

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #13

Auction 13

March 3 - 5, 2021

United States , Lake Oswego , Oregon

1933-45 Third Reich Germany Propaganda auction in 3 parts. More than 1,000 items of German propaganda. Highly specialized auction with many rare and valuable postcards, covers, souvenir sheets, posters, documents, and more. High value and low starting prices.

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1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History, Part I

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1933-45 Third Reich Propaganda & Postal History, Part III