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Accession Number:\u00a0<\/strong>2022.<\/span>02.8.16<\/span><\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stamp:<\/strong> 6 <\/span>Winterhilfswerk<\/span> Deutches<\/span> Reich<\/span><\/p>\n

Postmark: <\/strong>From Schmie<\/span>deberg, Germany, dated January 3<\/span> 1939<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Front:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written on the front is the name of the postcard’s recipient and their address.\u00a0\u201cFritz <\/span>Kimmerling<\/span><\/span> — Breston<\/span> 23<\/span><\/span> Linpuste <\/span>5\u201d<\/span><\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The handwriting is difficult to decipher, but what follows is the best of what could be translated and identified.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I found them last Vienna for my year\u2019s blessing, which I wished me <\/span>a very happy<\/span> and healthy<\/span> end to the year . . . the candles were sent . . . burdens, I think<\/span> . . . The school candles there, you wanted to take care of it, and with the stem, <\/span>because <\/span>I remember <\/span>that such a thing wasted<\/span> . . . Today, the last guests wish us all the best.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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