“History is not about the facts. It is about the context and who is telling the story.” —Prof. Milton Fine.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." –– George Orwell in his novel "1984."
"Whoever doubts the exclusive guilt of Germany for the Second World War destroys the foundation of post–war politics." –– Prof. Theodor Eschenberg, Rector, the University of Tübingen.
"If we have our own why in life, we shall get along with almost any how." – Friedrich Nietzsche
Hitlerjunge Quex original Ufa postcardFOR SALE:An original, unused, good condition 1933 Ufa film studio postcard advertising the film Hitlerjunge Quex.The front side of the card is printed in red and black ink with the film poster.
The reverse side of the card has a right-hand box for the address, and the left-hand side has in German the following advertising message:
‘Hitlerjunge Quex. A film of the sacrifice of the German Youth. From mid–September in all leading German movie theaters.’These cards are rare and if found at auction often sell for €150 to €200 plus auction house fees, which are normally 21%–25%, as well as international postage. Here for example is a current one for sale from a US militaria website for US$250 (fixed price, not an auction.)
Or this recent philatelic seller listing for US$289....Our price is a fixed €195, including worldwide registered airmail postage.€195.00
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HITLERJUNGE QUEX Lot / Konvolut of ultra-rare 1933 UFA Promotional materialsHITLERJUNGE QUEX – original UFA Promotional Materials from 1933 – super rare!!
We offer our last available grouping of ultra-rare UFA film studio promotional marketing materials for the classic film Hitler Youth Quex, produced in 1933. The film ranked 10th at the box office that year, out of 114 German feature films released. By the end of the Third Reich in May 1945, Quex still ranked 31st out of 1,094 feature films distributed. A box-office smash hit and called "artistically, not only one of the best propaganda films but rather the most effective youth film that Germany has as yet produced" by anti–Nazi Austrian film historian Herbert Holba in 1967 – decades after WWII ended.Included in this Lot are:1. The original 8-page UFA special Hitler Youth Quex newspaper for the Hitler Youth, entitled Opfergeist / Spirit of Sacrifice. This newspaper is so rare that it does not exist in any German or Austrian film archive, nor in the German National Libraries in Frankfurt/Main or in Leipzig. Impossible to find! Opfergeist has the following articles -- illustrated with ten film photographs:The National Socialist Revolution
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