Original Nazi German 1936 Hitler SS SA Autobahn 1000 KM Completion Third Reich Propaganda Postcard

Original 1936 Third Reich German Winterhilfswerk (WHW) postal stationery postcard commemorating the rapid construction of Germany’s Autobahn system.

The illustrated panel shows Adolf Hitler and officials participating in an Autobahn groundbreaking ceremony, paired with a view of a completed divided Autobahn with period automobiles.

Printed beneath the image:

“23.9.1933 Erster Spatenstich”
“September 23, 1933 – First groundbreaking.”

“23.9.1936 1000 km Autobahn fertig”
“September 23, 1936 – 1,000 km of Autobahn completed.”

This design commemorates the three-year period between the ceremonial groundbreaking and completion of the first 1,000 kilometers of Reichsautobahn.

The card is especially attractive to postal-history collectors because it is an official pre-stamped postal card, rather than an ordinary picture postcard. The upper-right corner has the printed 6+4 Pfennig Deutsche Reichspost / Winterhilfswerk indicium.

The photographic montage includes Hitler with uniformed officials and workers at the groundbreaking, providing an interesting piece of period imagery documenting the regime’s promotion of major public-works and highway construction projects.

Condition: Unused and unposted with a completely blank address/message side. Nice original condition with expected light age toning and minor storage/edge wear. Please see photographs for exact condition.

An excellent original piece of Third Reich postal history, WHW material and early German Autobahn history, with a particularly desirable dated construction theme.

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