F01_P04: Nazi SS consolidation of all state power, 1936
1936 July 2, Front side - Envelope summons to interrogation, Herrn Dachwitz.
White envelope (brightness of scan blows out proper appearance of the archive) of summons to interrogation, addressed to Herrn Dachwitz, sent July 2nd, 1936. There are four stamps at the right side. Three stamps depict President Paul von Hindenburg (One brown 10-pfennig, one green 5-pfennig, and one blue 25-pfennig). A dark-green 6-pfennig stamp depicting a swastika is present. The top left writing states "Frei durch Marke! / Hierzu ein Bordruck zur Zustellungs / urkunde. Bereinfachte Zustellung" or "Free by brand! / For this purpose a form for the certificate of service / Simple delivery." The foundation is promptly working to update this scan.
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F01_P04: Nazi SS consolidation of all state power, 1936Entry/Object ID
2007.1.4Scope and Content
1936 July 2, envelope summoning Herrn Dachwitz to interrogations in Essen.Context
From the earliest days of Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship, the Gestapo had the power to impose “protective custody” on anyone, to prevent “undesirable” political activities, to monitor the activities of suspects, and to wiretap their conversations without accountability to any court or other government authority. Regular police, however, retained their traditional role subject to law as regulated by the courts. Reich Leader Heinrich Himmler of the elite Nazi SS had taken control of the Gestapo and all the concentration camps in 1934. In June 1936, he became chief of all the German police, thus subordinating all state power to the Nazi apparatus and to the party’s political imperatives. Three values of Hindenburg Medallion definitive stamps with POL perfins, plus one Nazi Swastika Official stamp, correctly paid the 46-pfennig rate (40 pfennigs for legal service of a document through the post plus 6 pfennigs local letter postage in that combination).Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
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Philatelic Material