1920s

Post-War Germany was not a peaceful period. The war left a bitter taste in many people, Germany’s economy was on the verge of collapsing, and violent revolutions left many dead.

It was also a turning point in Women’s Rights. During the First World War, many women participated in the war effort. They flooded into the factories to aid their country and proved to be as effective as male workers. This opened up new opportunities for women to participate in fields usually dominated by men, including sports.

These collecting cards from the Erdal Shoe Polish Co. highlight women participating in different sports in 1927. It was less than a decade after women earned the right to vote in 1918.

The Rising of Stamps

Stamps have a funny way of tracking both the mail and the strands of history. One look at any stamp will speak a thousand words: When was it made, where did it come from, who or what is it honoring, and why?

Questions like this shows how stamps serve as a conductor through history. Even the darker periods. The postage before you reflects a different time in Germany. Where poverty, depression, and unemployment were the norm.

When the Inflation period came in 1923, Germany was not prepared for the great tumult it would bring. Prices for essentials like food skyrocketed from mere thousands to literally billions. Citizens had to scramble to even afford a piece of bread!

Postage was also affected and stamps reflected that heavy burden of Inflation.

The Rising of Stamps

Stamps have a funny way of tracking both the mail and the strands of history. One look at any stamp will speak a thousand words: When was it made, where did it come from, who or what is it honoring, and why?

Questions like this shows how stamps serve as a conductor through history. Even the darker periods. The postage before you reflects a different time in Germany. Where poverty, depression, and unemployment were the norm.

When the Inflation period came in 1923, Germany was not prepared for the great tumult it would bring. Prices for essentials like food skyrocketed from mere thousands to literally billions. Citizens had to scramble to even afford a piece of bread!

Postage was also affected and stamps reflected that heavy burden of Inflation.

The Rising of Stamps

Stamps have a funny way of tracking both the mail and the strands of history. One look at any stamp will speak a thousand words: When was it made, where did it come from, who or what is it honoring, and why?

Questions like this shows how stamps serve as a conductor through history. Even the darker periods. The postage before you reflects a different time in Germany. Where poverty, depression, and unemployment were the norm.

When the Inflation period came in 1923, Germany was not prepared for the great tumult it would bring. Prices for essentials like food skyrocketed from mere thousands to literally billions. Citizens had to scramble to even afford a piece of bread!

Postage was also affected and stamps reflected that heavy burden of Inflation.

The Rising of Stamps

Stamps have a funny way of tracking both the mail and the strands of history. One look at any stamp will speak a thousand words: When was it made, where did it come from, who or what is it honoring, and why?

Questions like this shows how stamps serve as a conductor through history. Even the darker periods. The postage before you reflects a different time in Germany. Where poverty, depression, and unemployment were the norm.

When the Inflation period came in 1923, Germany was not prepared for the great tumult it would bring. Prices for essentials like food skyrocketed from mere thousands to literally billions. Citizens had to scramble to even afford a piece of bread!

Postage was also affected and stamps reflected that heavy burden of Inflation.

The Rising of Stamps

Stamps have a funny way of tracking both the mail and the strands of history. One look at any stamp will speak a thousand words: When was it made, where did it come from, who or what is it honoring, and why?

Questions like this shows how stamps serve as a conductor through history. Even the darker periods. The postage before you reflects a different time in Germany. Where poverty, depression, and unemployment were the norm.

When the Inflation period came in 1923, Germany was not prepared for the great tumult it would bring. Prices for essentials like food skyrocketed from mere thousands to literally billions. Citizens had to scramble to even afford a piece of bread!

Postage was also affected and stamps reflected that heavy burden of Inflation.

Notable Figures of Post-War Germany

The popularity of cigarette card albums in the postwar years in Germany was due in part to their offering the public a chance to see things from around the world in their own home. Advances in mass producing color images and collecting them in such albums made them something like a “personal museum”.

One of the most popular albums of the 1920s was the series “Die Welt in Bildern” (The World in Pictures), of which there were five. Among the many different topics they covered, ranging from earlier centuries to the present and from Indonesian dance, or African ceremonial masks, to modern architecture and film stars, there were also pages devoted to contemporary German cultural figures in literature, stage and the visual arts.