{"id":347,"date":"2025-06-24T16:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/dear-karl\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:05:04","slug":"dear-karl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/holocaust-and-genocide-studies\/post-cards\/dear-karl\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Karl!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Accession Number:<\/strong> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253286552 BCX8\">2022.02.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW253286552 BCX8\">8.15<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Stamp:\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247828785 BCX8\">6 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW247828785 BCX8\">Winterhilfswerk<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW247828785 BCX8\">Deutches<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW247828785 BCX8\"> Reich<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Postmark: <\/strong>No postmark<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Front:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPostkarte Fr\u00fchjahrs Messe 1939 Beginn 5 M\u00e4rz\u201d: Indicates a postcard for a Spring Fair in 1939, beginning on March 5.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The illustration on the left side portrays a man holding a hammer, symbolizing labor and the German worker, which serves as a common theme in Nazi propaganda.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The handwritten address on the right indicates the postcard was sent to \u201cStart von der Smissen\u201d at \u201cRentzelstrasse 16.l\u201d in \u201cHamburg 13\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Back:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What follows is a rough translation of the handwriting on the back of the postcard.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLeipzig, 20 January 1939. 18<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dear Karl!\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;469777462&quot;:[2510],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thank you very much for the kind wishes for my birthday, which have already been met with satisfaction, as far as they concern the improvement of my condition. I wear shoes again, Now it\u2019s time to be in the every day shop. We\u2019re not excited about what surprises this evening will bring us. Things are getting warmer in Spain now, a pleasant end to the year. Cheers on your behalf, your country. 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