i recently went on a trip to france for a photography class, and whilst at the mulberry harbor, i found in a militaria store among reichs passes and other nazi memorabilia 2 very interesting things, the first, a postcard, sent by one pierre robin "blese prisonnier bensheim a/d. bergstrasse, senninar reserve lagarett deutschland hessen station 4" to one celina bouley of rouncey manche france, since i dont understand french other then a tiny bit, i am having trouble translating it, that and it is written in beautiful cursive, which i have trouble reading, from what i can tell, he wrote it wishing her a happy new year and sent her a photo i think, and was interned at a german hospital, my goal is to track him or his family down and find out if he survived the war.
the second thing was a pamphlet titled "heil unserem kaiser" in gothic german letters with a picture of kaiser wilhelm the second on the cover, its a propaganda pamphlet from 1915, anyone here know of it? i imagine its rare but i do not know, the lettering on it is quite lovely.
Blessé indicates that he was wounded. The Red Cross still have records in Geneva of all the visits they made to POWs during the War, but you're only really allowed access if you're a near relative. I managed to get details of my great-uncle through having a friend on the inside who did me a favour, but it might be worth a try. It would tell you what unit he was in and his rank and number. Can you scan the letter?
The pamphlet was issued to mark the Kaiser's birthday in 1915.
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