1936 Germany, set of 5 Olympics postal stationary, one Judaica

$35.00 CAD

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Set of 4 Winter and 1 Summer Olympics pre-printed postal stationary with postge.

 

Winter Olympics, with view of snow covered cabin and mountains

Olympische Winterspiele
Garmisch – Partenkirchen
6. – 16. februar

 

Two with 6pf postage, unused

Two with 15pf postage, unused. Both have some staining

Summer Olympics, with view of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin (Judaica)

Olympische Spiele
Berlin
1. – 16. August

 

6pf card, canceled with ‘STUTTGART 13.3.37 STADT DER AUSLANDSDEUTSCHEN’ (STUTTGART CITY OF GERMAN ABROAD) postmark. Some toning.

Mailed to Otto Rothschild Arminstrasse 15 Stuttgart. Research has brought up some possible fateful information related to this.

On December 1st 1941, an Otto Rothschild who was deported to a concentration camp near Riga (Latvia) where he died. In 1942, another Otto Rothschild was deported to Theresienstadt. and died in Auschwitz in 1944.

In 1941 Gertrud Meyer, who lived at Arminstrasse 15 was deported to Riga and was shot there in 1942.

https://second.wiki/wiki/liste_der_stolpersteine_in_stuttgart

10,50 x 14,50 cm  

 

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (German: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. The country also hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin.

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