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Slægten Reventlow:

Ernst Christian Einar Ludwig Detlev Reventlow(1869 - 1943)

This early portrait postcard of Ernst Graf zu Reventlow represents a fascinating document from the formative years of the National Socialist movement. The card originates from the renowned workshop of Heinrich Hoffmann's Photographic Studio in Munich, whose address is still listed on the card as Schellingstraße 50 – an address that Hoffmann vacated in October 1929. This definitively dates the postcard to before that time, most likely between 1927 and 1929.

Ernst Graf zu Reventlow (1869-1943) was a complex and controversial figure in German history of the early 20th century. Born into the ancient nobility of Schleswig-Holstein, he initially pursued a career as a naval officer before turning to writing and later to politics. As a journalist and publicist, Reventlow became known primarily for his pan-Germanic, antisemitic, and anti-British writings. He founded the German Völkisch Freedom Party in 1920 and moved within völkisch movement circles before gravitating toward the NSDAP .

The significance of this early postcard lies in its period of creation. In the late 1920s, the NSDAP was in a phase of transformation. After the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 and Hitler's subsequent imprisonment, the party reorganized and attempted to gain power through legal means. During this phase, established personalities like Reventlow, who were already known in völkisch circles before the NS era, played an important role in legitimizing the movement among conservative and nationalist circles.

Andre slægter:

Michael Treschow(1814 - 1901)

Slotte og Herregårde

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Heraldik

Exlibris

Kammerherre HEINRICH GREVE DE REVENTLOU 1796-1841 Hvid Ridder - 28 juni 1840

Gravsten og epitafier

Reventlow, Frederikke Louise


    Herunder hviler det forgjængelige af
Luise Frederike Reventlow
En Søster til C. D. F. Reventlow

Hun levede et langt og kjærligt Ægteskab med
Grev Christian Stolberg som hun overlevede
og døde i Aaret 1824 i sit 80ende Aar paa Peder
strup, hvor hun tilbragte sine sidste Leveaar
hos Broderen.

Hendes Aand var prydet med de sjældneste 
Livets Gaver thi hun forenede med en udmærket
Forstand og Christelige anskuelser af Fornuftens
evige Sandheder en utrættelige Villie der
med bramfri Virksomhed ikke alene iagttog de
hende nærmest paaliggende Pligter men vidste
saavel ved Læsning som Omgang og Brevvexling
med mange aandrige Mænd og Qvinder at vedlige
holde og udvide den interesse hun stedse 
nærede for den menneskelige Tænknings højeste 
Gjenstande.

Didhen sig hendes Længsler freidigt hæved
op til det sande evige Fædreland
der hendes Aand i ædel stræben leved
skjøndt hendes Flugt her ydmygt følte Støvets Baand

Dog hist hvor Seierspalmen evigt grønnes
de kjære sig i Kjærlighedens Land henrykte møde
der opstod Livets Dag de Dyd skal lønnes
langt over det som Jordeliv formåes at vide

Den Stjerne som for eders svage Øie
forsvandt bag større Lys i Himlens Klarheds Væld
Den straaler useet ned til Trøst og Nøie
For den som kjærligt mindes den i trofast Sjæl