A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers Hold 37 mm long stickpins at

37 mm long stickpins at either end

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A German Day Of Mourning Card; First War Soldiers Hold 37 mm long stickpins atA Day of Commemoration of Heroes card, 14. 9 x 10. 4 cm. Date of item: Period of Nazi Germany. Condition: good, signs of aging, slight rip. A card celebrating the Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes). It was first instituted as Volkstrauertag (Peoples Mourning Day) during the Weimar Republic, in memory of the fallen soldiers in WWI. It was supposed to be observed quietly and respectfully. The Nazis gave it a new name and a new meaning,