Postcard depicting World War II German aerial attack acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2005.39.1

Date: received: 1943-1945
Geography: received: Europe
Language: German
Finnish
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Postcards
Object Type: Photographic postcards (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Howard A. Strauch

Physical Description: Rectangular paper postcard with a black and white photographic image of 6 planes attacking a coastal area developed with factories and warehouses. Several ships are docked near an explosion, with black, billowing, smoke rising from the buildings. Back has printed text in Finnish and German.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Markings: front, bottom right corner, black ink : illegible signature
back, upper left corner, black ink : Saksalaiset koneet pommittavat englantilaista / tehdas- ja satama-aluetta. / Deutsche Flugzeuge bombardieren englische / Fabrik- und Hafenanlagen [German aircraft bomb the English factory and the harbor area]
back, upper right corner, within stamp area, black ink : L/0518
Contributor: Subject: Howard A. Strauch
Biography: Howard Arnold Strauch was born on September 13, 1925, in Watertown, New York. He enlisted on September 7, 1943, at the age of 18, in the United States Army. He was in the 343rd Infantry Regiment and served as a light mortar crewman in the central Europe and Pacific theaters. Strauch received the American Campaign Medal, Pacific Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal as decorations for his service. He was honorably discharged from the Army on April 5, 1946, in Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Topical Term: Bombing, Aerial--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, German.
Soldiers--United States.
Nazi propaganda.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by H. Arnold Strauch.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:25:33
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