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German military postcard

Document | Accession Number: 2014.442.1

Consists of a Feldpost postcard, postmarked December 7, 1942, written by a member of the German military. The postcard commemorates "Weihnachten in Russland" [Christmas in Russia] and indicates the location where the military unit (as yet unidentified) spent previous Christmases [1939--Hanau; 1940--Caen; 1941--Charkow (Kharkiv); 1942 Woronesh (Voronezh)]. The writing on the postcard is largely illegible.

Date
postmark:  1942 December 07
Language
German
Genre/Form
Postcards.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lou Charloff

Keywords and Subjects

Geographic Name
Voronezh (Russia)
Corporate Name
Germany. Wehrmacht

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Lou Charloff worked as an interpreter for the American military after World War II. He brought a copy of the book, "Das ehrenbuch des Fuhrers" home with him, and after he donated the book to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library in 2014, the postcard was discovered inside.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

 
Record last modified: 2023-08-25 08:31:53
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