Accession Number: 2022.02.8.16  

Stamp: 6 Winterhilfswerk Deutches Reich

Postmark: From Schmiedeberg, Germany, dated January 3 1939

Front:

Written on the front is the name of the postcard’s recipient and their address. “Fritz Kimmerling — Breston 23 Linpuste 5”  

Back:

The handwriting is difficult to decipher, but what follows is the best of what could be translated and identified.

“I found them last Vienna for my year’s blessing, which I wished me a very happy and healthy end to the year . . . the candles were sent . . . burdens, I think . . . The school candles there, you wanted to take care of it, and with the stem, because I remember that such a thing wasted . . . Today, the last guests wish us all the best.”