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My dear Theodor and family!
I feel so embarrassed writing you because I cannot repay you even if I wanted to. Sales are so slow that I need the small income to live on and pay taxes. I always ponder about how to do it and how to satisfy you, but for now there is no way out.
The people do not have money, nobody can buy anything and earning money is unthinkable.
Because of the deflation, I have lost approx. 120,00.00 marks regarding my warehouse. Lost it and now I have to sell my goods for the purchasing price or less on a daily basis.
The situation here in Germany, which I cannot even begin to explain to you, is frantic.
We are now putting all our hope into the Hitler administration, if Adolf Hitler is not able to take over soon, there will be nothing left other than Bolshevism.
100,000 people do not have anything to eat, they live off of welfare. A 4-person family gets 22.00 marks a week. So 4 people are supposed to live with 22.00 marks for 7 days straight, buy heating and dress themselves! You can calculate that this is not enough to feed them.
My dear Theodor, if the worst is not going to happen, then something has to change soon and then I hope to be able to meet my obligations again.
I am so sorry, but the circumstances are to fault because it is my sincere wish to meet my obligations.
Health-wise we are all fine, thank god! Dad, though, is not really feeling well since he had a minor stroke last year, which he has not seemed to recover from. Mother is much better and still bears her age well.
My wife and 2 children are healthy, my youngest daughter is now 1 ½ years old and I am truly enjoying it. The children are the only thing that can bring happiness nowadays anyway.
How are you, I hope you are fine.
My dear Theodor, please do not be angry with me, I want to, but I am truly not able to.
I send my regards to you and your family, father and mother also send their regards
Yours,
Hans Rehder
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, 1932
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German Relatives; Correspondence; Weimar Republic; National Socialism; Business; Financial Trouble; Bolshevism; Adolf Hitler
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Letter from Max Rehder discussing his pessism regarding German politics and current business prospects, as well as his only hope in the coming "Hitler Government." Of note is the stamped swastika on the bottom.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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12/28/1932
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Letter
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German
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TEXT; IMAGE
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1932-12-28; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Schleswig-Holstein; Sylt, Germany; Westerland, Germany;
1932
Adolf Hitler
Bolshevism
Business
Finance
German Relatives
National Socialism
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Weimar Republic
Westerland, Germany
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27 March 1935
My dear Theodor and family!
Thank you for your lovely lines you sent to me on Nov 17 last year. I would have responded earlier, but I did not have the time. A lot has been expected of me, especially regarding my political activities. I have been a member of the city council since last fall, I am the vice team leader of the local NSDAP. I am the counselor of 4 commissions, so not a day goes by where I do not have any meetings.
But I do not mind working this much, because it is for a good cause and for our leader Adolf Hitler. It is getting better in Germany, people are working again, you can see smiling faces and we all have to thank our Adolf Hitler for that. The sales are also improving, money is still tight, but we will soon have more of it. We do not have any unemployed people in Sylt anymore and this also goes for many other areas in Germany.
If I had a lot of money now, I could repay you my debt. I could purchase some cheap dollars here and pay into your savings at account the Reichsbank in Berlin, but like I said, money is still very scarce. You would not get the money anyway, so I might as well just keep it for now.
Except for a minor cold we are all fine health-wise. Dad and mom are alive, but dad is not light on his feet. Dad is 72 now and mother turned 69.
Did you get my newspaper, I hope so. You were able to see for yourself how it is here. Your newspapers are written by Jews and they are lying. The Freemasons also have control over your newspapers and Freemasons and Jews are a pest to the people.
We are re-arming for the next season, the season of 1934 was quite good. Germany is at peace, the people can work and the spas are being visited again. In May we will have 3,000 national comrades here, who will travel with the NSDAP organization “Kraft durch Freude” (Strength through Joy). Mostly workers and employees, who can get to know their homeland for a small amount of money.
I hope that you and your family are doing fine, too, and the same goes for your shop! What are Louis and George up to, please also pass on my regards to them. For now, I send my kind regards to you and your family, yours,
Hans Rehder
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, 1935
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German Relatives; Correspondence; National Socialism;
Description
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Rather more upbeat letter from Max Rehder, which he attributes to his satisfaction at the new National Socialist government, as well as his burgeoning position within it. He still can't pay Theodor back, however.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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3/27/1935
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Letter
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German
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TEXT
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1935-03-27; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Schleswig-Holstein; Sylt, Germany; Westerland, Germany; Berlin, Germany
1935
Berlin, Germany
German Relatives
National Socialism
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Westerland, Germany
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World War I
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Postcard from Theodor Rehder with image of Berlin, Iowa German Savings Bank, 1916
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Banking; Postcards; Correspondence; Business; Anti-Germanness; World War I
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Postcard from Theodor Rehder with image of Berlin, Iowa's German Savings Bank on front.
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Theodor Rehder
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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6/16/1916
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Postcard
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English
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1916-06-16; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Gladbrook, Iowa
1916
Anti-German Sentiment
Banking
Business
Personal Correspondence
World War I
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Postcard from Family Friend in Germany to American Relatives, 1912
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Americans in Germany; Imperial Germany; Berlin, Germany; Built Environment; Culture
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Postcard from family friend to Theodor Rehder. The sender raves about Berlin and the German people.
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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6/16/1912
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Postcard
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English
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1912-06-16; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Berlin, Germany
1912
Berlin, Germany
Built Environment
Imperial Germany
Personal Correspondence