An unassuming envelope from 1943 shows how trade, propaganda, and control intertwined in the Nazi state. Fernet-Branca’s advertising eagle meets the Wehrmacht’s Reich eagle — a symbol of civic aspiration versus totalitarian surveillance. The sender’s address references Hans Schemm, a Nazi education ideologue and namesake of many streets and schools. Schemm was a key figure in the ideological alignment of the school system and was later glorified as a martyr by the Nazis. After 1945, his name disappeared from public spaces, and only recent studies have shed light on his dangerous role.
085 - Der Adler über Europa - englisch