5th July 1943
Schutzpolizei
Parcel card sent by Oberw. (Oberwachtmeister) d. (der) Sch. (Schutzpolizei) Otto Brändle to his wife in Heilbronn. Senders address as 'Deutsche Polizei Protiwin/Böhmen Schloß Schwarzenberg'. Featuring various definitive postage stamps (Mi.92, Mi.104 and Mi.108). Ref: 05.07.1943 - 7/90
Schutzpolizei
From Wikipedia:
The Schutzpolizei des Reiches or the Schupo was the state protection police of Nazi Germany and a branch of the Ordnungspolizei. Schutzpolizei is the German name for a uniformed police force. The Schutzpolizei des Reiches was the uniformed police of most cities and large towns. State police departments were in charge of protection police, Kripo criminal investigation divisions (Kriminalpolizei), and administrative police. The state protection police comprised a patrol branch, barracked police, traffic police, water police, mounted police, police communications units, and police aviation. Policemen were required to have previous military service, good physical and mental health, Aryan descent and membership in the Nazi Party.
Schloß Schwarzenberg
Upon the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, the possessions of Prince Adolph of Schwarzenberg were seized by the Nazi authorities. He managed to flee, but his cousin, Heinrich, Duke of Krumlov, was arrested and deported. After World War II, the Czechoslovakian government stated, by law No. 143/1947 from 13th August 1947 (Lex Schwarzenberg), that the assets of the Schwarzenberg-Hluboká primogeniture passed to the Land of Bohemia.
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