PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1938)

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LIBERATION OF AUSTRIA
FRANZ KÖCK
(13th Sep 1938)

BACKGROUND: This was a series of 10 artist drawn colour postcards published by Leopold Stocker Verlag of Graz, designed to commemorate the union of Germany and Austria. The cards were sold in a package of 10 cards with an envelope inscribed 'BEFREITES VOLK'

SPECIAL CANCEL:

CARD #1
DER BEFREIER UND EINIGER DES DEUTSCHEN VOLKS
THE LIBERATOR OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE

CARD #2
EIN VOLK - EIN REICH
ONE PEOPLE - ONE EMPIRE

CARD #3
WIR DANKEN DEM FÜHRER!
WE THANK THE LEADER!

CARD #4
DIE HEIMAT FREI!
THE HOME FREE!

CARD #5
BEFREIER GLÜCKLICHES VOLK!
LIBERATE HAPPY PEOPLE!

CARD #6
BEFREITE JUGEND
LIBERATE YOUTH

CARD #7
IM STREITE ZUR SEITE IST GOTT UNS GESTANDEN
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE

CARD #8
UNTITLED

CARD #9
MANDER S'ISCHT ZEIT!
UNKNOWN

CARD #10
DIE MECKERER
UNKNOWN