Official card franked with Sc. 403 posted on 16 July 1939 by the administrator of the Gau Salzburg Regional Culture Authority of the Reichskulturkammer. The slogan cancellation promotes the 1939 Salzburg Festival, 1 August through 8 September. The message on the reverse advises the recipient of the upcoming conducted tour of the R.d.b.K. (?) in Munchen.
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In February 1934, the Reichskulturkammer (Reichs Chamber of Culture) became a corporate member of the D.A.F. Its responsibility was to organize, supervise (and censor) the entire cultural life of the nation. Membership in one of the seven individual chambers was the prerequisite for any cultural activity in the Third Reich.
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(With the Worker)
The tear sheet on the right is taken from one of the many low-cost albums distributed by cigarette companies and the like for pasting in propaganda photos. The upper photo shows Hitler with the workers in Siemensstadt; the lower shows Hitler with Youth Workers in the Reichskanzlei on Germany’s Labor Day, 1 May 1934. In his book Adolf Hitler, author John Toland reports the following: Working conditions were improved with more windows, less crowding and better washrooms. Under the slogan “Beautification in Every Place," all offices and workrooms were kept clean and neat; there were abundant flowers so that those who labored could also enjoy their surroundings. Such gains were not illusory.
Never before had the worker enjoyed such privileges.