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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;
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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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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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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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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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Westerland, Sylt, 15 Jan 1931
Dear Theodor & family!
I have received your lovely letter with all your news and I am really happy about it. Every time I hear about America, I get homesick. I have waited until today to write back to you, because I wanted to send you a check over 420.00 Reich marks. But I did not manage to do so because we are going through bad times, so I can only send you 200.00 marks today.
Dear Theodor, you have to be satisfied with this for today because money in Germany is starting to become a rarity. There is no money left. Business is slow because nobody has the money to buy anything. Just imagine, there are about 5 million unemployed people in Germany, you can imagine how trade is suffering because of that.
Of course, we own a large warehouse for our footwear, but what good is that when the purchasing power is non-existent. I could easily send you several 100 pairs of shoes, but that does not work.
But Theodor, you do not have to worry, even though the times are bad, your money is safe and I will repay you. I am sure that money is not so scarce where you are and that you do not necessarily need it now.
Health-wise, we are all fine, which is very important. Dad, mother, they are all still alive and well and my brother John is about to get married on Jan 20. His bride is from Gelsenkirchen, which is in the Rhine area. My brother, as you know, owns a café and a guest house in Kampen on Sylt and his bride is very competent in his business.
We can only guess what the next season will bring, but I am sure less than before, because travel is dwindling. But we do not want to lose hope, because even though we are going through hard times, we can make it through if we are cautious and save our money.
If Germany could only free itself from the damn Youngplan, a lot would change. But we have such a cowardly administration that says yes to everything our former enemies lay upon us. Now they started to organize a national administration for Germany and I think everything will be different then. Then we will have decent people back at the top and not all of the traffickers and Jews.
We do not really have winters here and only 8 days of snow, today it is raining again.
Tell me, when will someone of the family come over to Germany to visit us! Make it happen and come over or at least send Louis or George.
I seem to only hear from you, but I want to write to Uncle Peter today as well.
For now I send my regards to you and please write to me soon. Yours,
Hans Rehder
Stamps on the stationery:
Death to the lie, do away with the Dawes Plan!
Think of your child and the future! Become a National Socialist. The big daily paper of National Socialism is the People’s Observer Munich.
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, January 1931
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German Relatives; Correspondence; Weimar Republic; National Socialism; Young Plan; Financial Trouble; Business; Marriage; anti-Semitism
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Letter from Max Rehder in January, 1931. He discusses financial troubles, the coming "national government," business prospects, and antipathy towards Jews. Of note are the National Socialist stickers attached to the letter.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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1/15/1931
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1931-01-15; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Schleswig-Holstein; Sylt, Germany; Westerland, Germany; Gelsenkirchen, Germany;
1931
Anti-Semitism
Business
Finance
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
German Relatives
Marriage
National Socialism
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Weimar Republic
Westerland, Germany
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17 Dec 1931
Dear Theodor!
You are angry, I understand! But I do not mean to do you any harm, you will get your money back! I do not think you understand what is happening in Germany, the German population, which I am part of, is suffering like no other nation!
Taxes and emergency regulations are eating us alive, but it will get better!
Sooner or later a national government will emerge, and then the situation will be cleared up and we can earn and pay again!
Just think, a poor season, then the banking crisis in summer, that all lowers the income and you cannot keep up.
Then the taxes, I pay 4,000.00 marks per year and there is not much left for me to keep! Like I said, we are a nation at the abyss and only the Hitler regime can help!
I myself also fight in the Hitler movement and we will sooner or later be victorious. Communists threw stones into my two large shop windows about 4 weeks ago, because I am a supporter of Hitler, but, of course, it has been taken care of by my insurance.
Help by speaking up for Germany, my dear Theodor, because America has the power to stop the criminal policies of the French and then the foreign money would also be safe.
So please do not be mad at me, you will get your money back, but right now I am not able to!
For now, I send my kind regards to you and your family,
Your cousin,
Hans Rehder
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Letter from Max Rehder to Theodor Rehder, December 1931
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German Relatives; Correspondence; Weimar Republic; German Politics; National Socialism; Adolf Hitler; German Communism; German Nationalism
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Letter from Max Rehder to American relatives discussing financial troubles, nationalism, kerfuffles with communists, and that loan.
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Rehder, Max
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Special Collections, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City
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12/17/1931
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Letter
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German
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Box #1, Ted Rehder Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
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1931-17-12; Berlin, Iowa; Tama County; Schleswig-Holstein; Sylt, Germany; Westerland, Germany;
1931
Adolf Hitler
German Politics
German Relatives
National Socialism
Personal Correspondence
Rehder, Max
Schleswig-Holstein
Sylt, Germany
Weimar Republic
Westerland, Germany