Yes to more military-themed postcards. Postcards I've seen in real life have all tended to be idyllic, which is lovely. But it's interesting to see the grittier subjects as well. (And to see how postcard makers take the ugly and gritty and horrifying and polish them for public consumption and, dare I say, propaganda?)
>please let me know if you’d like to see some more such military-themed postcards.
Um, yeah - of course.
Relatedy, I was watching a phenomenally interesting video montage from 1940-41 of the German army being welcomed into various countries in Europe. People were throwing flowers, giving bread and beer to the arriving troops, it was pretty amazing.
I do have a fairly heterogenous corpus of some 60 or 70 postcards all written by a couple, one Dr. Jürgensen and his wife, a countess Radoy, which are fairly consistent (and will likely become the foundation for a scholarly article). Dr. Jürgensen was drafted as a medical officer in 1939, and he didn't come home; his wife, who lived in the small rural town of Aspang, later opened her chateau for young women and tried to help them navigate post-war society.
Yes to more military-themed postcards. Postcards I've seen in real life have all tended to be idyllic, which is lovely. But it's interesting to see the grittier subjects as well. (And to see how postcard makers take the ugly and gritty and horrifying and polish them for public consumption and, dare I say, propaganda?)
I just realised I didn't bother to reply yet: apologies to you and everyone else.
I shall have more postcards up soon…
Some more military-themed cards would be interesting – though don’t stay away from beautiful, peaceful sights too long
No worries, I do have way more of the latter postcards!
>please let me know if you’d like to see some more such military-themed postcards.
Um, yeah - of course.
Relatedy, I was watching a phenomenally interesting video montage from 1940-41 of the German army being welcomed into various countries in Europe. People were throwing flowers, giving bread and beer to the arriving troops, it was pretty amazing.
Interesting related content: do you, by chance, still have the link?
If I find it again I will DM it to you.
Fascinating to see/read, not just for the postcards, for the humanity and real life it lets us glimpse. Thank you.
I do have a fairly heterogenous corpus of some 60 or 70 postcards all written by a couple, one Dr. Jürgensen and his wife, a countess Radoy, which are fairly consistent (and will likely become the foundation for a scholarly article). Dr. Jürgensen was drafted as a medical officer in 1939, and he didn't come home; his wife, who lived in the small rural town of Aspang, later opened her chateau for young women and tried to help them navigate post-war society.
Ps. I too would love to see more :)
Will do!