15th May 1944 15th May 1944 Mi.890 Cover sent from Müllheim to ? Featuring stamp Mi.890. Ref: 15.05.1944

5th March 1944 Collector's Card 1944 5th March 1944 Collectors Card 1944 Sammlerausweis Collector's card (Sammlerausweis) issued in Wasserburg 5th March 1944. Featuring two receipt cancellations for issues collected from the post office. Ref: 5.03.1944 The cards were probably introduced in early 1943 (it is to be noted that 'The Special Cancellations Stamp', specifically for stamp collectors, was issued 19th January 1943. At first, due to a lack of centrally supplied forms, local makeshift editions were used. These were beige postal forms, some of which were produced regionally and mostly had imprint marks from 1943. The cards had an address field for the recipient of the postage stamps and generally cancellation fields on the back, on which the purchase was noted by affixing a date stamp . However, there are also larger format cards with only one-sided printing. With the fee-based ID card (1 RM ), 20 issues of special stamps, postcards and official stamps could be obtained; in some cases official stamps were not listed on the forms. The ID card was renewed when all 20 fields had been stamped. Postal customers had to collect the issues within 7 days of the first day of issue. Due to a shortage of materials due to the war, it was not uncommon for makeshift forms for collectors' ID cards to be used. So far, based on the stamp date, the Volkssturm stamp from February 1945 is known to be the last issue collected. Collector's Card (Sammlerausweis) 1944 A postal document (ID for the purchase of postage stamps), usually subject to a fee, which entitles stamp collectors and other postal customers to continuously obtain a certain number of special postage stamps (special stamps , blocks and miniature sheets), but also official stamps, postal stationery and first day covers from a post office within a specified collection period. The cards instruction reads as follows: Conditions Special requests cannot be considered. New issues will only be issued on presentation of this card. They must be issued within one week of the 1st day of issue. Otherwise the date stamp (reverse) will be omitted. Allocation may be limited for smaller quantities of special stamps. After the 20th issue of special stamps, the application can be renewed against payment of a fee of RM 1. No compensation will be paid in the event of loss or misuse. Sammlerausweis with 1 Rm fee stamp cancelled Wasserburg 5th March 1944. Ref: 05.03.1944 Receipt dates in relation to issues being collected within 7 days (as per instruction): 6th March 1944, 22nd March 1944 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

13th April 1944 'Feldpost' labels 13th April 1944 Feldpost Label Feldpost Label (Red block: 18.5 x 37.5mm) Feldpost label variations Red block: 42 x 7mm. Ref: 24.04.1941 Red block: 40 x 9.5mm. Note 'e' and 'l'. Ref: 02.12.1940 - 30/89 Red print: 36.5 x 7mm. Ref: 25.01.1943 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

13th January 1944 13th January 1944 Feldpost label FPN 22631 Felpdostbrief sent from Fürth to Luftwaffe FPN L 22631 (Via the L.G.P.A. - Luftgau personnel office - in Brussels). Ref: 13.01.1944 Enclosed correspondence Loose translation using DeepL We wish you all the best for the new year and that you will be reunited with your loved ones in good health. We are very pleased with your kind lines and thank you very much for them. We could see from it that your present sphere of activity suits you quite well. How could it be otherwise, perhaps it's also in the south of France and even more so in a castle. Unfortunately, your family was also affected by the attack. All this can still happen to us and we have to get through this time as well as possible. In life, everything passes and it will be granted to us to still experience the good times, that is our wish. I have one piece of news to tell you: I have got engaged and if it works out, I may get married very soon. Aren't you very surprised about this? We are doing quite well. I hope you will come and visit us when you are on leave. Bring us peace right away, that would be the greatest joy you could bring us.This year, the decision must be made. This year, the decision must be made. We wish you all the best for the great task in life that you have to fulfil, and we send you our warmest greetings.

12th June 1944 Stalag 398 12th June 1944 Stalag 398 Stalag 398 Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

17th April 1944 17th April 1944 Civil Internee and Labour Camp Regensburg A vorbindezettel pre-tie slip (Type 14 - Feldpostsammelstelle Passau - unused on print side), with typed and manuscript parcel and address details to reverse. Sent from the post office at 'Civilian Internee and Labour Camp', Regensburg. Ref: 17.04.1944 With no identifying address from the sender, the parcel must be assumed to have come from one of the following work camps in Regensburg: Signalmeisterei, Reichsban, Lager Ostendorfenstrasse, 1940-45, housed 160 men Reichsbahn on Kirchmaierstrasse, 1943-45, housed 150 men Reichsbahnlager on Nockherkeiler, 1943-45, housed 200 persons Messerschmitt Contact Brief History to inform us of additonal information regarding this page

1st April 1944 1st April 1944 A lebenszeichen (signs of life) air raid survivors card. Sent following the R.A.F. raid on Nuremberg on the 30th/31st March 1944. This would normally have been the moon stand-down period for the Main Force, but a raid to the distant target of Nuremberg was planned on the basis of an early forecast that there would be protective high cloud on the outward route, when the moon would be up, but that the target area would be clear for ground-marked bombing. A Meteorological Flight Mosquito carried out a reconnaissance and reported that the protective cloud was unlikely to be present and that there could be cloud over the target, but the raid was not cancelled. 795 aircraft were dispatched - 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and 9 Mosquitos. The German controller ignored all the diversions and assembled his fighters at 2 radio beacons which happened to be astride the route to Nuremberg. The first fighters appeared just before the bombers reached the Belgian border and a fierce battle in the moonlight lasted for the next hour. 82 bombers were lost on the outward route and near the target (note: the POW mail from Stalag Luft 1 - shown above - is sent by a crewman shot down during this outward engagement). The action was much reduced on the return flight, when most of the German fighters had to land, but 95 bombers were lost in all - 64 Lancasters and 31 Halifaxes, 11.9% of the force dispatched. It was the biggest Bomber Command loss of the war. Most of the returning crews reported that they had bombed Nuremberg but subsequent research showed that approximately 120 aircraft had bombed Schweinfurt, 50 miles north-west of Nuremberg. This mistake was a result of badly forecast winds causing navigational difficulties. 2 Pathfinder aircraft dropped markers at Schweinfurt. Much of the bombing in the Schweinfurt area fell outside the town and only 2 people were killed in that area. The main raid at Nuremberg was a failure. The city was covered by thick cloud and a fierce cross-wind which developed on the final approach to the target caused many of the Pathfinder aircraft to mark too far to the east. A 10-mile-long creepback also developed into the countryside north of Nuremberg. Both Pathfinders and Main Force aircraft were under heavy fighter attack throughout the raid. Little damage was caused in Nuremberg. 69 people were killed in the city and surrounding villages. Note: Pilot Officer C.J. Barton, a Halifax pilot of 578 Squadron, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for carrying on to the target in the Nuremberg operation after his bomber was badly damaged in a fighter attack and 3 members of his crew baled out through a communication misunderstanding. Although the navigator and wireless operator were among the men who had parachuted, Barton decided to attempt the return flight to England in spite of the fact that only 3 engines were running. An unexpected wind took the Halifax steadily up the North Sea and it was short on fuel when the English coast was reached near Sunderland. Barton had to make a hurried forced landing when his engines failed through lack of fuel and he died in the crash, but his 3 remaining crew members were only slightly hurt. Pilot Officer Barton's Victoria Cross was the only one awarded during the Battle of Berlin, which had now officially ended. Extract from Middlebrook and Everitt, 1985

9th June 1944 9th June 1944

6th March 1944 Stalag II-C 6th March 1944 Stalag IIC Greifswald Letter-sheet for 'Posta per prigionieri e internati civili di guerra' (Mail for prisoners of war and civilian internees) sent from an address in Italy to Stalag II-C in Greifswald. At this time the camp held approximately 6,000 POW's. Ref: 06.03.1944 Stalag II-C Stalag II-C operated in Woldenberg (Military District II) from September 1939 until April 1940. From May 1940 till May 1945 is was operating in Greifswald (Military District II). Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

29th November 1944 JB: Radiumbad St.Joachimstahl 29th November 1944 Bochmann Radiumbad St.Joachimstahl See 27/76

15th November 1944 Cartolina Postale 15th November 1944 A.C.S. ACS CARTOLINA POSTALE PER LE FORZE ARMATE. Italian postcard sent via 'POSTA MILITARE' to an address in Rome. Featuring a 'careless talk' propaganda message and the hand-stamp 'A.C.S.' Ref: 15.11.1944 - 19/123 The 'A.C.S.' hand-stamp The Allied Censorship Service hand-stamp (A.C.S.) was placed on a piece of mail to denote that it has passed through a Civil Censorship Group provincial censorship station but had not been opened or examined. Propaganda Slogan 'Non riferite mai, a voce o per iscritto, notizie che riguardano il vostro servicio. Tacete con tutti; anche con i vostri cari!' (Never report, either verbally or in writing, news concerning your service. Keep silent with everyone; even with your loved ones!) 205th Devisione From Wikipedia: The 205th Coastal Division was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. Recruited locally, they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement. The division was activated on 15th January 1942 in Iglesias by reorganizing the V Coastal Sector Command. The division was assigned to XIII Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of the southern half of the island of Sardinia. The division was based in Carbonia and responsible for the coastal defense from Torre Foghe down the western coast of Sardinia to, but excluding Capo Pula. The division's area of responsibility included the Gulf of Oristano and the south-western coast of Sardinia with the islands of Sant'Antioco and San Pietro. The 205th Coastal Division, together with the 203rd Coastal Division, 204th Coastal Division, IV Coastal Brigade, and XXXIII Coastal Brigade formed a first static defense line against allied landings on the island. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8th September 1943 the division, together with all other divisions on Sardinia, refused German demands to surrender. Realizing the futility of attempting to gain control of Sardinia the German forces on the island retreated to Corsica. The division joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army and was renamed 205th Division. In November 1944 the division was shipped to Naples and in December 1944 it was assigned to the US Army Air Force's American Air Forces in the Mediterranean to provide auxiliary services at American airfields in mainland Italy. The division consisted of about 5,000 men and fielded 48 aviation services companies and six transport companies. In August 1945 the division was reduced in size and in 1946 it was disbanded. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

7th August 1944 Landsberg Prison 7th August 1944 Landsberg Prison Postcard (first issued in June 1924?) commemorating Hitler's imprisonment at Landsberg Prison. His portrait and a 11th May 1924 statement is printed above an image of the prison. The card is sent from Landsberg to an address in Offenburg? (Adolf-Hitler-Str.) Published by A. Samweber (J. Kistler) Landsberg am Lech. With two holes punched to the upper edge. Ref: 07.08.1944, BV110 Landsberg Prison Landsberg Prison is a penal facility in the town of Landsberg am Lech in the southwest of the German state of Bavaria, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) west-southwest of Munich and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Augsburg. In 1924 Adolf Hitler spent 264 days incarcerated in Landsberg after being convicted of treason following the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich the previous year. During his imprisonment, Hitler dictated and then wrote his book Mein Kampf with assistance from his deputy, Rudolf Hess. Numerous foreign political prisoners of the Nazis were deported to Germany and imprisoned in Landsberg. Between early 1944 and the end of the war, at least 210 prisoners died in Landsberg as a result of mistreatment or execution. ADD POSTCARD 02.03.1939 - 22/89 The prison was used by the Allied powers during the Occupation of Germany for holding Nazi War Criminals. In 1946, General Joseph T. McNarney, commander in chief of U.S. Forces of Occupation in Germany, renamed Landsberg War Criminal Prison No. 1. The Americans closed the war crimes facility in 1958. Full control of the prison was then handed over to the Federal Republic of Germany. Landsberg is now maintained by the Prison Service of the Bavarian Ministry of Justice. Source: Wikipedia Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page