Correspondenz-Card from Gustav Klimt to Julius Zimpel - “ “Heil“ to little Julius …“, (Weyregg at the Attersee), 1895–1915

Transcription:

“Heil“! To little Julius
for his birthday
Best wishes

[Address block:]
To Mr.
Julius Zimpel
in Vienna 6th District
Mollardgasse 11
3rd floor

Note from the Leopold Museum:

At the turn of the twentieth century, the word “Heil” was widely used as a solemn or celebratory expression for well-being and happiness without inherent political or extremist implications. Only through its ritualized and ideologically charged appropriation under National Socialism did the term undergo a profound semantic shift, becoming narrowly defined and indelibly marked by its historical associations.