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15th August 1943 15th August 1943 1/1 'How to fold a feldpost letter sheet'. Feldpost sent from FPN22898 to Vienna. Featuring a simple diagram to the reverse with instructions on how to fold the envelope. Ref: 15.08.1943 Detail of the folding diagram The arrows indicate 'The two final pages should also be inscribed'.

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14th April 1942 Stalag IV-C Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Stalag IV-C Document possibly relating to Stalag IV-C. The text reads, 'The Italian military internee Rinaldo Scaglia from the detachment Labour Kdo. Mil. Int. Kratzau Spreewerk is today on the basis of the OKW. Ref. 2 f 24. 18y Chief POW Allg (VI)/ Org (IIIB)/ Allg (IV) Tgb. No. 05777/44 of 12.8.44 transferred to civilian employment according to the working conditions of the Labour Office known to him.' Ref: 19.08.1944 - 17/25. Notes: Schönlinde = Krásná Lípa, Kratzau = Chrastava. 'Kratzau Spreewerk' = During the Second World War, grenades were manufactured in the Spreewerk Kratzau ammunition factory. Prisoners and women from a sub-camp of the Gross Rosen concentration camp in neighbouring Weißkirchen worked in this factory. At this time Stalag IV-C contained overs 40,00 POWs from various countries. Most of these were assigned to Arbeits-Kommandos. Spreewerk GmbH Metallwarenfabrik Spreewerk GmbH was a German weapons manufacturing company. Spreewerk produced a number of important weapons and components before and during World War II including 280,880 of the Walther P.38 pistol which was the standard service pistol of the German Heer , and the famous 8.8 cm Flak anti-aircraft gun. The Berlin-Karlsruher Industrie Werke (BERKA) was founded in 1920 as a successor to the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken AG, one of Germany's largest munitions firms of the prewar era. Under the regime of the Versailles treaty the firm was forced to give up the manufacture of armaments, which had been its core business. Most of the facilities that had grown up to meet the needs of war were reduced and BERKA carried on with factories in Berlin and Karlsruhe, manufacturing a variety of light metal goods. In 1928 the firm passed under the control of Günther Quandt who moved the company into the production of business machines, acquiring typewriter manufacturer Olympia Schreibmaschinen in 1929, and opening a new factory in 1933 at Erfurt to manufacture cash registers and other business machines. Under Herr Quandt's leadership further acquisitions followed. In 1938 the firm re-entered the field of munitions production, establishing Metallwarenfabrik Spreewerk to undertake the fabrication of munitions components at the former Berlin-Spandau factory of the defunct Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. This was followed in 1939 by the establishment of a modern ammunition loading facility on a forty hectare site near the city of Lübeck by the newly established Maschinen für Massenverpackung GmbH. Early in 1940 the firm strengthened its role in the manufacture of industrial machinery through the acquisition of the Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau of Dessau. Spreewerk was formed in September 1935 in Spandau Germany as a subsidiary of Deutschen Industrie-Werke A.G. (DIWAG). Spreewerk was involved in weapons production from its formation until April 1945 at the Spandau complex; and from June 1942 to April 1945 at the Grottau, Czechoslovakia factory named Werk Grottau. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

10th February 1945 GSL Nordhausen 10th February 1945 GSL Nordhausen 10.02.1945 Gemeinschaftslager reverse.jpeg 10.02.1945 Gemeinschaftslager reverse.jpeg 1/1 Cover sent from Milan to 'Gemeinschaftslager 2' in Nordhausen. Ref: 10.02.1945 Gemeinschaftslager - Nordhausen Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Mi.83-84 (15.03.1942) B&M Protectorate Anniversary 15.03.1942 B&M Mi.83 - 84 reverse.jpeg 15.03.1942 B&M Mi.83 - 84 reverse.jpeg 1/1 Souvenir sheet (A6) produced for the 'Drei Jahre Protektorate Böhmen-Mähren'. Featuring postage stamps Mi.83 and 84 issued for the 3rd Anniversary of the founding of the Protektorate. The original B&M stamps (Mi.68b and 71b) having been overprinted in blue and red respectively, with the national symbol of the German Reich as well as the dates '15.III.1939' and '15.III.1942'. Ref: 15.03.1942 Mi.83-84 3rd Anniversary of the founding of the Protektorate Mi.83. Ref: 15.03.1942 Mi.84. Ref: 15.03.1942 Presentation envelope produced by the 'N.S.- Gem. kraft durch freude/ Sammlergruppe/ kreis Prag' . Commemorative cover produced by the K.d.F. and sent to stamp dealer Paul Kuhrt in Prag. Ref: 15.03.1942 Reverse of envelope with the senders details printed to the flap. The reverse of a second envelope (with the same design as that above). The senders detail are that of stamp dealer Paul Kuhrt (the addressee of the envelope above). There is a typewritten notice to the foot stating 'Auflage gerantiert 5.000' , indicating that only 5,000 of these commemorative envelopes have been produced. Ref: 15.03.1942 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

10th January 1944 10th January 1944 1/1 Feldpost-Kartenbrief sent from Berlin to FPN 59732A (Stab u. Einheit Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung 301). With type written correspondence. Ref: 10.01.1944 Loose translation using DeepL I have just found your letter of 18.12.1943 among my correspondence - I do not know whether I have already answered it and sent you a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year, but if not, I return your greetings and wishes most sincerely, and if so, let us say that twice is better. Hopefully our mutual wishes will come true. -- Here in Berlin it looks terrible, I estimate that 60% of Berlin and the surrounding area is in ruins. On 29.12. * in the evening at about 19:30 I visited Curt, as I was on my way the sirens were wailing, I went to Curt at a gallop; there I had to go into the air-raid shelter. Soon the humming and bumming started and the bombs crashed down in front of and behind us to the left and right and when the flak guns fired, the whole building shook. I was worried about my home and when I stuck my nose out, the city and its surroundings were in a blaze of light. Now I hurried to my flat. The journey was not so easy, I had to walk over bricks that had fallen down, over partly... I had to climb over fallen bricks, over partly burning trees, branches and fences and... when I got to the street and saw that my home had been spared, I was happy and thanked God. -Since then we have had several large fires. Thank God I have still been spared. Hopefully... things will continue to go well. Curt is still here at the O.K.W. A fortnight ago he went on another tour to Italy, but I don't know where he is now - I haven't heard from him in about eight days. - Smoking material has not yet arrived. I am doing well according to today's conditions and am satisfied with my health, and I hope and wish the same for you, your uncle sends you his best regards. Goodbye! * 29/30 December 1943 712 aircraft - 457 Lancasters, 252 Halifaxes, 3 Mosquitoes. A long approach route from the south, passing south of the Ruhr and then within 20 miles of Leipzig, together with Mosquito diversions at Düsseldorf, Leipzig and Magdeburg, caused the German controller great difficulties and there were few fighters over Berlin. Bad weather on the outward route also kept down the number of German fighters finding the bomber stream. 20 aircraft - 11 Lancasters, 9 Halifaxes - were lost, 2.8% of the force. Berlin was again cloud-covered. The Bomber Command report claiming a concentrated attack on sky-markers is not confirmed by the local report. The heaviest bombing was in the southern and south-eastern districts but many bombs also fell to the east of the city. 388 houses and other mixed property were destroyed but no item of major interest is mentioned. 182 people were killed, more than 600 were injured and over 10,00 bombed out. M. Middlebrook and C. Everitt, The Bomber Command War Diaries (London, 1990), p.462

Feldpostämter Feldpost Offices 100 - 999 Feldpostämter Feldpost Offices 100 - 999 17.11.1940 'a1' desingation reverse.jpeg 17.11.1940 'a1' desingation reverse.jpeg 1/1 Registered feldpost cover featuring feldpostämter 467 to the cancel and the R-label. Ref; 17.11.1940 Feldpost offices 100 - 999 Kenn Number Distinguising Letter(s) + Lo (Low position) or Le (Level position), location Reference within the Brief History collection LOW POSITION (Lo) LEVEL POSITION (Le) 45 Ref: 01.10.1939, 10.09.1939 (not listed) 124 a,b & c (Lo), 1940-41 Western Front, 1941-43 Eastern Front (Midddle/South). Ref: 02.04.1942 - 9/53 145 Ref: 29.03.1943 169 a & c (Lo), h (Le), 1945 Scandanvia. Ref: 09.10.1940 176 Ref: 27.09.1942 247 Ref: 22.09.1939 249 Ref: 21.08.1943 277 b & g (Lo), a,c,d & f (Le), 1942-43 Eastern Front (South), 1944-45 Western Front. Ref: 15.07.1940 - 23/100 & 12.04.1942 287 Ref: 17.05.1943 301 Ref: 13.08.1942 303 Ref: 28.04.1940 315 Ref: 03.05.1944 319 a (Le), location not listed. Rarely seen. Used between Feb - April 1944. Ref: 20.02.1944 331 Ref: 06.09.1939 335 Ref:12.10.1943 364 Ref: 06.09.1939 448 Ref: 25.061942 451 a,b & c (Le), 1940-42 Western Front. Ref: 17.03.1943 460 Ref: 28.07.1943 467 Ref: 05.09.1039, 17.11.1940 540 Ref: 12.09.1939 620 Ref: 25.08.1942 630 Ref: 23.01.1944 641 Ref: 10.04.1943 647 15.06.1942 669 a,b,c & d (Lo), 1942-43 Eastern Front (North). Ref: 17.03.1943, 20.06.1943 713 Ref:20.09.1944 725 a & c (Lo), 1940 Western Front, 1941-44 Eastern Front (North). Ref: 16.05.1944 740 Ref: 16.06.1943 760 Ref: 28.05.1943 836 a (Le), 1944 Western Front. Ref: 30.10.1941 - 8/58 848 Ref: 01.07.1942 865 a (Lo), c, Ma (Le), 1943-44 Western Front. Ref: 14.09.1942 875 Ref: 09.12.1943 922 Ref: 24.08.1943 936 a & c (Le), 1942 Eastern Front (North). Ref: 04.09.1943 947 Without designation letter. 1941-44 Balkans. Ref: 29.06.1944 - 1/99 950 Ref: 05.08.1942 992 Ref: 03.09.1939 994 Ref: 18.03.1943, 15.04.1940 - 23/72 (too early?) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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Sea Defence Zones Sea Defence Zones 1/0 Sea Defence Zones Tactical area in the organisation of the Kriegsmarine intended to provide operational command of all German naval forces, within a given geographical area, in the event of actual enemy attack on the coastline of occupied Europe. List of areas with links to feldpost numbers etc. 'Albanien' (Tirana), 'Attika' (Corinth) 'Baltischen Inseln' (Lithuania), 'Bergen' (Hardanger), 'Boulogne' (Boulogne), 'Brest' (Brest), 'Bretagne' (Brest) 'Calais' (Calais) 'Dänische Inseln' (Copenhagen), 'Dalmatien' (Split), 'Dodekanes' (Porto Lago), 'Drontheim' (Trondheim), 'Dünkirchen' (Dunkirk) 'Elbe-Weser' (Cuxhaven), 'Estland' (Lithuania) 'Französische Riviera' (Toulon) 'Gascogne' (Bordeaux) 'Hammerfest' (Nordkinnhalvøya), 'Harstad' (Narvik) 'Istrien' (Susak), 'Italienische Riviera' (Nizza) 'Kanalinseln' (Channel Islands), 'Kirkenes' (Porsangerfjorden), 'Kreta' (Crete), 'Kristiansand-Süd' (Langesund) 'Languedoc' (Toulon), 'Lemnos' (Lemnos), 'Lettland' (Libau), 'Libau' (Libau), 'Loire' (Carnac) 'Mecklenburg' (Heiligendamm), 'Mittelholland' (Amsterdam), 'Molde' (Stadtlandet) 'Narvik' (Narvik), 'Norddalmatien' (Sebenico), 'Nordfriesland' (Husum), 'Nordgriechenland' (Thessaloniki), 'Nordholland' (Scheveningen), 'Nordjütland' (Frederikshavn), 'Normandie' (Cherbourg) 'Oslofjord' (Larvik), 'Ostende' (Calais), 'Ostfriesland' (Tidofeld), 'Ost und Westpreußen' (Gotenhafen), 'Ostpreußen' (Pillau) 'Pas de Calais' (Calais), 'Peloponnes' (Kalamata), 'Polarküste' (Finnfjordbotn), 'Pommern' (Swinemünde) 'Saloniki' (Kevalla), 'Sandnessjöen' (Rørvik), 'Schleswig-Holstein und Mecklenburg' (Kiel), 'Seine-Somme' (Le Havre), 'Stavanger' (Haugesund) , 'Südddalmatien' (Split), 'Südholland' (Middelburg), 'Südjütland' (Copenhagen) 'Tromsö' (Finnfjordbotn) 'Ukraine' (Nikolajew) 'Westkrim' (Nikolajew), 'Westadria' (Lido bei Venedig), 'Westgriechenland' (Patras), 'Westpreußen' (Gotenhafen) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

ABP Vienna - Hand Stamp 1/0 Italian POW mail from No.27 Camp (India) to Trieste. Featuring an ABP Vienna hand-stamp (GD1.3.4). Ref: 16.12.1943 Links to - Hand Stamps - Machine Stamps - Pass-Through Stamps - Closures - Misc. ABP Vienna Hand Stamps (Handprüfstempel) and variations HL:GD1.3.4 hand-stamp in violet with cut to top right. ø22mm. Ref: 16.12.1943

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