Ottomar Anton: Hamburg-American Line. And the Nazi Party.

            The Postcard

A postally unused postcard that was published by Santoro Graphics Ltd. of Rotherham. The artwork was by Ottomar Anton, and the card was printed in England.

The Hamburg America Line

The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg in 1847. 

Among those involved in its development were prominent citizens such as Albert Ballin (director general) and Adolph Godeffroy. It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by German immigration to the United States and later, immigration from Eastern Europe. 

On the 1st. September 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based North German Lloyd to form Hapag-Lloyd AG.

Ottomar Anton

Ottomar Carl Joseph Anton was a German painter, graphic artist and high school teacher who was born in Hamburg on the 15th. December 1895.  He signed all his works as 'O. Anton'.

He attended the State School of Applied Arts, today's University of Fine Arts Hamburg.

He completed his education with experience gathered in the poster printing company Arno Kypke, where he was head of the art studio after the Great War.

In 1921 he started his own business as a graphic artist. He took extended trips to Scandinavia, Southern Europe and North Africa in order to pursue art studies, and immersed himself in those foreign cultures.

Anton is most famous for the works he created from the mid 1920's and onwards. He designed numerous posters for various cruise lines, such as Cunard Line, Hamburg-America Line, Hamburg Süd, and the German Zeppelin-Reederei. 

-- Ottomar Anton and the Nazi Party

In 1933 Anton joined the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party). He designed several political posters for the party, the Hitler Youth, and the Waffen SS. 

During this time his posters were translated into several languages and sent to every corner of Nazi-occupied Europe. 

In 1936, Anton joined the Schutzstaffel (SS), member number 283,804, and achieved the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (head assault leader). 

-- Ottomar Anton After WWII

After the war Anton worked for companies such as Cologne 4711 and Adler, and he became a professor at the School of Arts in Bremen. 

Ottomar Anton's work is highly sought after by collectors. His work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 159 USD to 9,079 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. 

Since 2009 the record price for this artist at auction is 9,079 USD for In 2 Tagen Uber den Ozean, sold at Christie's South Kensington in 2012.

The artist died at the age of 80 on the 7th. November 1976.

Hans Asperger

Another Nazi who became famous after the war (Asperger's Syndrome) was Hans Asperger. To read about his medical experiments and child euthanasia conducted under the guise of science, please search for the tag 45TTM98

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