16th September 1944 'RIGA' Feldpost cancels 16th September 1944 RIGA Feldpost Cancels Feldpost cover sent from FPN 34334 (Kraftwagen-Werkstatt-Kompanie 132) in Riga to an address in Dirmstein. Featuring 'RIGA' mute cancellation (Ref: MFP66/85). Ref: 16.09.1944 'RIGA' FELDPOST CANCELLATIONS MFP64b/84 - 'A' in 'RIGA' partly visible - 7 wavy lines. Ref: 10.11.1942 MFP66/85 - 'RIGA' open space - 7 wavy lines. Ref: 16.09.1944 MFP66/85 - 'RIGA' open space 7 wavy lines. Ref: 14.09.1944 Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

16th May 1944 The enemy is listening! 16th May 1944 der Feind hort mit Pst Feldpost cover sent from Meuselwitz (with FPN number) to FPN 23039 (Verwaltungs-Kompanie 15 u. Verwaltungs-Trupp Abteilung Stab 15). Featuring propaganda vignette depicting a soldier with his finger to him lips above the slogan, 'Schweigen!! der Feind hört mit!!' (Silence!! The enemy is listening in!!). Part of the 'Pst' propaganda campaign. Ref: 16.05.1944 Also see 09.11.1944 ('pst!') Examples of 'der Feind hört mit!!' and 'Pst' campaign 'Silence!! The enemy is listening in!!'. Ref: 16.05.44 'Pst - Enemies are listening!'. Loose - Ref: 16.05.44 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

5th April 1944 Landhandelsbund e.V. 5th April 1944 Landhandelsbund Cover sent from Delmenhorst to Berlin, featuring vignettes for the 'DEUTSCHER LANDSHANDELS=BUND e.V.' (with slogan 'GEMEINNUTZ VOR EIGENNUTZ' - Public interest before self-interest). Ref: 05.04.1944 Detail of the vignette for the 'Deutscher Landhandelsbund e.V.' Note: There are variations of this design. Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

29th February 1944 29th February 1944 Navigationsschule Kulmsee Culmsee Envelope sent from Fulda to a naval officer at the 4th Navigational School, 10th Company, located at Kulmsee (Culmsee) über Thorn. Ref: 29.02.1944 Navigation School IV was set up on 1st September 1943 in Culmsee near Thorn. On 1st November 1944, the school was renamed Navigation School II after the previous navigation schools had been dissolved or merged. Service operations ended in January 1945. The members of the school were used in ground combat. Commanders: 1st September 1943 - Commander Curt Stever, 1st January 1944 - Commander Hans Oscar Wutsdorf (Navigation School II was set up in Gotenhafen-Grabau on 1st September 1943 and dissolved on 31st October 1944. Reorganised on 1st November 1944 by renaming the Navigation School IV in Culmsee near Thorn. Commanders: 1st September 1943 Lieutenant Commander Kurt Blindow, 15th January 1944 Lieutenant Commander Reinhold Bening.)

2nd July 1944 Stalag VI-D 2nd July 1944 Stalag VI-D Stalag VI-D Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

16th March 1944 16th March 1944 Nicht bei der Einheit Feldpost letter sent from Bünde (Westphalia) to FPN 26563 (L.G.P. Breslau - the Luftgau personnel office). The envelope has a enclosed 'Zurück' hand stamp, as well as the instruction, 'Nicht bei der Einheit. Zurück an Absender.' (Not with the unit. Return to sender). Complete with letter of correspondence. Ref: 16.03.1944

29th June 1944 Schloss Dimokur 29th June 1944 Schloss Dimokur Siedlungsamt Official registered cover sent from the Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Prague to the 'Siedlungsamt-SS' (Settlement Office) at Schloss Dimokur. Featuring two Bohemia and Moravia Service Stamps (Mi.19 & Mi.20). Ref: 29.06.1944 - 3/18 Schloss Dimokur and the 'Siedlungsamt' ( Dymokury Castle) In late 1931, Himmler established a SS Race and Settlement Office ( Rasse- und Siedlungsamt ) to evaluate applications of SS men seeking to marry under a new internal 'Marriage Decree'. This 'expertise', developed through maintaining 'racial purity' in the SS, would later be utilised in wartime to determine whether an individual was 'German' or not. Such a determination could, at a minimum, mean a job and better rations for a resident in German-occupied territory during World War II. For a Polish forced labourer in the Reich accused of having had sexual relations with a German woman, this 'racial evaluation' could mean the difference between life and death. Source: Wikipedia The 'racial experts' of the Office played a major role in promoting the concept of a reorganisation of Europe on a 'racial' basis. The settlement plans they developed required the decimation/displacement of the local Czech population and resettlement from other areas (e.g. ethnic Germans). They carried out selections that decided on the further life ('Germanisation', resettlement, forced labour) or death of those selected. Source: arge-ost.de Schloss Dimokur In the 14th century, a fortress stood on the site of today's Dymokury Castle , which served as the seat of the lordship. After several changes of ownership, it came into the possession of the Waldstein family in 1573 and then in 1614 to their relative Albrecht Jan Smiřický of Smiřice. He had the fortress converted into a Renaissance castle. In 1660, under Wilhelm Lamboy of Cortesheim, the western wing was added. During the rule of the Colloredo-Wallsee family, two further wings and the castle tower were built. In 1723, the castle chapel of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows was built. In 1787, Franz Karl von Colloredo-Wallsee had it rebuilt into a three-winged baroque castle. In 1833, the castle and the estate passed to the Czernin von Chudenitz family. In the 1870s, Diepold ( Děpold ) von Czernin had the castle chapel rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style and the castle park expanded. In 1945, the Czernins were expropriated. The castle became state property and was used for a time by the Ministry of the Interior. After the Velvet Revolution, it was returned to the Czernin family. FURTHER RESEARCH REQUIRED AS TO THE CASTLES USAGE DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

14th September 1944 Stalag 344 14th September 1944 Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Stalag 344 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

24th February 1944 Typewritten Feldpost 24th February 1944 Typewritten Feldpost Rudolf Kramer 24.02.1944 See 24.02.1944 - 26/15 text needs further translation Dear Sister Heydenreich. Thank you very much for your friendly letter of the 11th of this month. I was really pleased to receive a message from you after such a long break. I thought you were angry with me, but I didn't know why. I could have guessed that you had no time due to the Christmas business. May I ask you about the December sales, the round number? Not down to the last penny. People are still interested in the situation there. The fact that you moved is incredibly interesting. It was always my only concern back then, firstly, to get out of the "fly shop" and secondly, move into the city center. Now you've managed it. And it had to be done right in the middle of the Christmas business? Yes, that's how it is in the military; such things are usually carried out at the most inconvenient time. Well, the main thing is that it's more practical there, and that you like your new accommodations. Sales have improved, as you say, and the comrades don't have to travel as far as they used to. When I'm back in Paris, I'll try to come to E. for the "weekend" and look at the converted Front bookstore. Did you manage the annual inventory well? Did you miss much? So you already had to swap places with your assistant. Sister Laibl went to Blois, and from there you got a new assistant there. That's just how it is in the military; there's a constant coming and going of comrades, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. By the way, I know Blois from the advance, so from 1940. And you've been on leave there too? You're doing well there, though. I was on leave before my Nancy relief in June, and I haven't been back yet. Unfortunately, I can't leave here either because I've had to run my shop on my own since January 1st. In the middle of the Christmas season, my employee, who was provided by the local troops, was taken away from me. I opened on November 20th and, until November 30th, i.e., in ten days, I sold almost RMK 8,000. December brought in almost RMK 15,000, which I had to manage almost 90% of on my own; my employee only arrived two days before the opening and was a pastry chef in civilian life. I didn't really come to my senses for a long time. Only in January, when things had returned to normal, did things calm down. But I'm constantly busy; I sold over RMK 5,500 in January. My employee, Jendricks, is no longer a front-line bookseller. He's been replaced and is with the troops. How are things going in E;? What's actually going on? Comrade Schroth? I wrote to him at least eight weeks ago, but haven't received a reply yet. Perhaps he's not even there anymore? Unfortunately, we only saw each other at lunchtime in Paris. We arranged a time to talk in the evening, but then unfortunately didn't meet again. Please give him my best regards, as well as the "sergeant" at the field command there. And now, finally, thank you very much for the RMK 20 you sent, which you exchanged for 400 francs after I sent it to Miss Vezain. It's already worth something to me now that I have francs for it. Please also give my best regards to Miss Vezain; I also thank her very much for her efforts. And now best regards to you, Rudolf Kramer Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

14th March 1944 14th March 1944 Stadt Waiblingen Official correspondence from the Mayors Office in Waiblingen regarding the annual tax assessment. Featuring official 12 Pf postage stamp (most likely Mi.172). Ref: 14.03.1944

8th August 1944 Stalag IX-B 8th August 1944 Stalag IX-B Stalag IX-B Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

25th April 1944 Stalag VI-J 25th April 1944 Stalag VI-J Kriegsgefangenpost from an Italian POW at Stalag VI-J in Fichtenhain/Krefeld. The printed typescript reads, '...from the date of arrival of this letter I am forbidden to receive letters or postcards other than those distributed by the German command to the Italian military internees. Therefore, if you wish your correspondence to reach me, please write to me on the attached form. In addition, please write clearly and only on the lines to make delivery more prompt.' Ref: 25.04.1944 Stalag VI-J Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page