Postcards

Georg Schönerer and his associates (c. early 1900s)
Early postcard from Austria depicting the party members of Schönerer’s group in Austria, with the leader himself in the centre. The postcard also features the slogan Durch Reinheit zur Einheit.

Alldeutscher Verband (c. early 1900s)
Early postcard from the Alldeutscher Verband.

Alldeutscher Verband – Wehrschatz (c. early 1900s)
The Alldeutscher Verband, or pan-german society, was one of the earliest völkisch groups, formed in 1891 and constituted the enbodiment of the ideals of the völkisch and pan-german movement. It was active both in Germany, Austria, and probably also in German communities in both Poland and Czechoslovakia. Finally being dissolved by Reinhard Heydrich in 1939, since according to the regime, the society’s political goals was fulfilled, as most of the German speaking areas of Europe was by then absorbed in to the Third Reich.

Alldeutscher Verband (1902)
Early postcard from the Alldeutscher Verband, featuring Ernst Hasse.