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'Deutschland Erwacht' was an early Third Reich cigarette card series. It was composed of groups 28-33. There werw groups before and after the NAZIs seized power. As was common at the time, the cards and albums were obtained by sending in the cupons attached to cigarette packs. The black and white photo cards portraying NAZI leaders at the time Hitler seized power (1933). The cards depicted leaders and members of the SA, SS, HJ, BdM, Stahlhelm, DLV, and much more. The SA plyed a major role in the seizure of power, As a result, the SA figured much more sigbnificantly in the NAZI pantheon than was to be the case the following year after the arrest and execultion of SA leaders. The importance of the SS was not yet appsrent. And the remilitarization of Germany was still in the planning stage. The HJ was still a relatively small group, but rapidly growing. After seizing power, the HJ rather than the SA was the image Hitler wanted to project. This was, however, not yet clear, the the people who selected the images for the series. In the days before television, these images were coveted by many peoople. At the time, Viktor Lutze was the Stabschef SA. HBC has archived several of these cards. We will cross reference them here. The cards had an image caption on the back, but not further discussion of the image.
Picture 129 is captioned: ""Hitler Youth greets General Field-Marshall on Labor Day May 1st 1933."
Picture 165 is captioned: "A snapshot: A Hitler youth talks about his experiences to Dr. Goebbels."
Picture 66 showed a HJ group marching (figure 1). It is captioned, "Trommeln die zur deutschen Freiheit rufen." (Drums which call for German freedom.)
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