Yes, you've nailed it exactly! Your postcard "Feuersprung zu Wintersonnwend" translates to, "fire-jumping at winter solstice," an old German ritual to celebrate the rebirth of the coming year. Large bonfires are built on the longest, darkest night of the year, the December solstice, an important link in nature's cycle.
Those who've given Himmler's SS more than a cursory glance will be able to explain the thoughts and reasoning behind some of these age-old traditions. This is the festival of JUL, the wheel, or turning of the cycle of life - hence, the Allach Julleuchter. The bonfire or flame represents the sun, and we are all likened to seeds in the earth, waiting to be reborn in the coming year, unlocking our potential for new, personal growth and strength. Himmler meant to rekindle many of these early Germanic customs through his Ahnenerbe staff, a powerful research department devoted to manufacturing evidence pointing to a direct German/Aryan link. The old boy was fascinated and consumed with these ideas, albeit many of their theories were completely contrived and patently false, nevertheless, they fueled his fertile and fevered imagination. Even Hitler made some snide comments over the Reichsführer's obsession with early Germanic history.
Is there a date or anything printed on the back of the card? Sometimes that'll give you the publishers name or some indication of where the card originated?
Many thanks for your fine addition, I know it might not be easy finding something apropos to fit into this category.
