1st August 1945 1st August 1945 1/0 American military occupation zone postcard, H&G #438. According to H&G the card was issued in the Munich postal district, although the return address is not in that area. Most likely used much later than the date (8.45) suggests - June 1946?

Wehrkreiskommando Districts Wehrkreiskommando Districts Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Wehrkreiskommando Districts (including Wehrbezirkskommando - Military recruiting subdistricts) Wehrkreiskommando I (Königsberg) Wehrkreiskommando II (Stettin) Wehrkreiskommando III (Berlin) Wehrkreiskommando IV (Dresden) Wehrkreiskommando V (Stuttgart) Wehrkreiskommando VI (Münster) Wehrkreiskommando VII (Munich) Wehrkreiskommando VIII (Wroclaw) Wehrkreiskommando IX (Kassel) Wehrkreiskommando X (Hamburg) Wehrkreiskommando XI (Hannover) Wehrkreiskommando XII (Wiesbaden) Wehrkreiskommando XIII (Nuremburg) Wehrbezirkskommando - Nuremberg Wehrkreiskommando XVII (Vienna) Wehrkreiskommando XVIII (Salzburg) Wehrkreiskommando XX (Gdansk) Wehrkreiskommando XXI (Posen) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Auslandsbriefprüfstelle Censorship Offices Auslandsbriefprüfstelle Censorship Offices 1/1 Auslandsbriefprüfstelle (ABP) Censorship Offices Index of ABPs with information on hand stamps, machine stamps, pass-through stamps, closures etc. Germany 'a ' - Königsberg (4th Sept.1939 - Aug.1944, then to Exin in Wartheland, ending Jan.1945) Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania 1939-1941 - ' durch deutsche Feldpost' Luftgaupostamtes Königsberg 05.1943+ - Postal areas 4, 5a, 5b, 5c, 6, 7b & 8 to German prisoners of war to July 1944+ 'b' - Berlin (Sept. 1939+) BD1.5/47 - see 29.06.1943 - 23/28 Afghanistan to Sept.1941 - China to Jan.1942 - Denmark (from Berlin only) Feb.1940+ - Iceland and Faroe Islands to May 1940 - Finland - Iran to Sept.1941 - Japan to Jan.1942 - Norway (from Berlin only) See 17.05.1943 - 25/17 (Norway - Portugal - Scotland) - Philippines - Russia to June 1941 - Sweden - Ukraine mid-1941 to early 1944 - Dutch-India (via Serbia-Japan) to May 1940 - USA, Canada (via Serbia-Japan) to 19th Nov.1941 (other routes to 11th Dec.1941) - Mid-Americ a (via Serbia-Japan) to 19th Nov.1941 - South America (via Serbia-Japan) to 19th Nov.1941 ( Chile to Jan.1943, Argentina to Feb.1944) - Paid for Feldpost via air from Berlin, Breslau & Posen - German prisoners of war and internees (March 1941+, from July 1944 only incoming POW mail (to Nov.1944) - Feldpost from the Spanish Legion - Spain/Portugal to Switzerland, and Great Britain to Switzerland. ' c' - Cologne (18th Nov.1939+) Belgium , Netherlands to 30th Sept.1940 - Luxemburg to 30th Sept 1940 (afterwards only from Luxemburg to and from neutral countries) - Ireland and Liberia to May 1940 - from occupied France to Germany Nov.1940+ - between occupied France and Belgium & Netherlands mid 1940 to July 1943 - German prisoners of war Aug.1940 - March 1941 - Paid for Feldpost air district post office Brussels May 1943+ - German post offices in the Netherlands - German soldier feldpost in Belgium, Netherlands and occupied France to April 1944. With more notes in Landsmann. 'd' - Munich (late 1939+ - Munich was occupied by the Americans on 30th April 1945) To and from - Albania to Sept.1943 - Andorra - Ireland March 1941+ - Italy and colonies - Dutch India (except via Serbia-Japan) - Portugal - San Marino - Saudi-Arabia to June 1940 - Switzerland April 1943+ (formerly ABP Frankfurt) - Spain and colonies - South America air mail via Condor/LATI (Linee Aeree Transcontinentali Italiane) to Nov.1941 - Thailand to Jan.1942 - Vatican . 'e' - Frankfurt (Nov.1939+) Switzerland and Liechtenstein to March 1943 - Germany to occupied France Nov.1940+ - Occupied France to neutral countries (if allowed) - Unoccupied France March 1942+ - USA and Canada (except via Siberia-Japan) to Dec.1941 - Middle America (except via Siberia-Japan) to Dec.1941 - South America (not Argentina or Chile) except via Serbia-Japan to Dec.1941. 'f' - Hamburg (Feb.1940 - Apr.1945) From and to Norway and Denmark (except air mail and post from the Berlin postal area) - Transit post from Italy, Belgium, Netherlands from and to Denmark and partly Norway - Mail between Denmark and Scandinavia (May-July 1940) - Feldpost with postage paid from the area of air district post office Hamburg to Germany May 1943+ - Postal areas 3, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24 to German prisoners of war July 1944+ ' g' - Vienna (1st Dec.1939 - Vienna was occupied by the Russians on 7th Apr.1945) GPM1.3/237 - see 08.05.1941 - 25/90 GV6.3/245 - see 26.06.1943 Bulgaria - Romania - Greece - Hungary - Yugoslavia - Slovakia - Serbia - Croatia - Turkey (with transit post from Italy, Vatican, France and Switzerland going to the aforementioned countries) - Some Italian prisoner of war mail from Egypt to Italy - Internee mail to Palestine and Egypt Oct.1940+ (later Berlin) - Internee mail to Iraq and British India Jan. - Mar.1941 - Feldpost with postage paid from the area of air district post office Vienna to Germany May 1943+ - Postal areas 7a, 9a, 10, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 14, 17a, 17b, 18 & 22 as well as from the areas of Deutsche Dienstpost Adria and Alpenvorland to German prisoners of war July 1944+ Occupied countries 'k' - Copenhagen ( l . ABP Lyon n . ABP Nancy o . ABP Oslo t . ABP Trondheim x . ABP Paris y . ABP Bordeaux 'h ' - Hof (May 1944 - Hof was occupied by the American on 15th May 1945) Following the increased bombing of Berlin and subsequent damage to the censor office, the Hof censor office was set up in May 1944, however, itmay have not seen use until later into 1944, sharing the responsibility with Berlin. This office processed incoming German POW mail (and some outgoing, i.e. to POWs held in foreign countries). Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

Schutzpolizei Schutzpolizei Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png Screenshot 2021-11-27 at 09.29.50.png 1/1 Schutzpolizei Articles within the Brief History collection 1941 Schutzpolizei cover - Dillingen (August) 1943 Packet card from Schutzpolizei at Schloß Schwarzenberg, B&M (July) Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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9th January 1940 SS 'Bremen' 09.01.1940 'Bremen' reverse.jpeg 09.01.1940 'Bremen' reverse.jpeg 1/1 Postcard depicting the SS 'Bremen'. Sent via feldpost from FPN 00522 (4. Kompanie Marine-Flak-Abteilung 244). At this time the 'Bremen' was being used as a barracks ship. Ref: 09.01.1940 SS Bremen From Wikipedia: On 26th August 1939, in anticipation of the invasion of Poland, the Kriegsmarine high command ordered all German merchant ships to head to German ports immediately. Bremen was on a westbound crossing and two days from New York when she received the order. Bremen ' s captain decided to continue to New York to disembark her 1,770 passengers. She left New York without passengers on 30th August 1939 and on 1st September, coincident with the start of the Second World War, she was ordered to make for the Russian port of Murmansk. Underway, her crew painted the ship grey for camouflage. She made use of bad weather and high speed to avoid Royal Navy cruisers, arriving in Murmansk on 6th September 1939. With the outbreak of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, on 10th December 1939 Bremen made a dash to Bremerhaven, arriving on 13th December. On the way she was sighted and challenged by the S-class submarine HMS Salmon . While challenging Bremen , an escorting Dornier Do 18 seaplane forced Salmon to dive for safety. After diving, Salmon ' s commander, Lieutenant Commander E. O. Bickford, decided not to torpedo the liner because he believed she was not a legal target. His decision not to fire on Bremen likely delayed the start of unrestricted submarine warfare. Bremen was used as a barracks ship; there were plans to use her as a transport in Operation Sea Lion, the intended invasion of Great Britain. On 16th March 1941, Bremen was set alight by 14-year-old crew member Walter Schmidt while at her dock in Bremerhaven and completely gutted. A lengthy investigation discovered that the arson resulted from revenge stemming from a ship's officer who had punished him for not completing his assignment, not an act of war. Schmidt was later guillotined for the arson, becoming one of the youngest people to be judicially executed by the regime at age 15. Starting in 1942 she was dismantled to the waterline so the steel could be used for munitions. In 1946 her remains were towed up the River Weser, beached on a sandbar off Blexen, Nordenham and destroyed by explosives, though some parts of the double hull remain visible to this day. Contact Brief History to inform us of additional information regarding this page

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17th January 1943 17th January 1943 1/1 Censored cover sent from Germany to Holland. Featuring closure tape (HLCV3.2/103), red hand stamp (2 x HLCP3.4/94) and '64' hand stamp (HLCK1.8/125), as well as blue and grey 'invisible ink' detection brush marks. Ref: 17.01.1943