Who's Who
Postcard (cancelled but not sent) depicting Baldur von Schirach (1907-1974), German politician who served as head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. From 1940 to 1945, Schirach served as the Gauleiter (district leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich governor) of Vienna. Ref: 17.09.1942
Noteworthy people within the Brief History collection
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German philatelist and postmark expert
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Churchill, Winston (1874-1965)
British Prime Minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955
'Give us the tools' speech, February 1941
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German artist and SS officer responsible for designing much of the SS regalia
Dollfuss, Engelbert (1892-1934)
Austrian politician, President and Dictator of Austria 1932-1934
SEE 17/80
Concentration camp prison guard
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German architect
(see P.140 of LBC Spain in Revolt)
Spanish general, dictator
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German philatelist
Only daughter of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
German general of WWII
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Heinrich of Saxony, Ernst (1896-1971)
Prince of the Saxon Royal Family
Hindenburg, Paul von (1847-1934)
President of Germany 1925-1934
Retired Lieutenant-Colonel. Jewish persecution.
German society photographer
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Imhoff, Sigmuind von (1881-1967)
German Generalmajor
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Prussian Ministry of Culture in 1932
Kramerius, Václav Matěj (1753-1808)
Czech publisher, important early figures of the Czech National Revival
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Lauterbacher, Hartmann (1909 - 1988)
Senior regional leader of the Hitler Youth
Austro-Hungarian composer
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von (1870-1964)
German Colonel of WWI, 'Rommel' of East Africa
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Italian Prime Minister (1922-1943), leader of Italian Fascism (1919-1945)
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Neurath, Konstantin von (1873-1956)
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
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Italian priest, 260th Pope, 1922-1939
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Roettig, Wilhelm Fritz von (1888-1939)
German general, first general to be killed in World War II
Austrian poet and author
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German Chemist and entrepreneur
Schickedanz, Arno (1892-1945)
German journalist
German politician, Leader of the Hitler Youth, Governor of Vienna
Schulenburg, Graf von der (1875-1944)
German diplomat, conspirator of the 20th July Bomb Plot
Reich Commissioner for Artistic Design, potage stamp designer
Sieger, Hermann E. (1902-1954)
German National Socialist politician and philatelist
Simmross, Krafft Friedrich Wilhelm (????-????)
German artist
Canonised Catholic convert
Stephan, Heinrich von (1831-1897)
Postal Director for the German Empire
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Tschammer, Hans von (1887-1943)
German Reichs Sports Leader
German architect
German Industrialist
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Gauleiter of Gau Westphalia-South and Gau Silesia, Reichskommissar for Pricing
Wife of Siegfried Wagner, Richard Wagner's son.
Wegerer-Seebach, Asta von (1854-1931)
German poet and composer
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Russian linguist, creator of Espernto
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