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Re: German post card

Kmichael8 — Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:58 pm

Author: Kmichael8

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:58 pm

Sophia wrote:

Hi Louie and Michael,
Looking at the address for Helmuth, is it possible that it says Mannheim Waldhof? The first letter does not look exactly like the "H" for Herrn and Helmuth (they both have a vertical line through the cross-bar) so maybe it is M.
Best regards,
Sophia

Good point, Sophia. Would support your reading.
Best regards, Michael

Re: German post card

Sophia — Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:10 am

Author: Sophia

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:10 am

Hi Louie and Michael,
Looking at the address for Helmuth, is it possible that it says Mannheim Waldhof? The first letter does not look exactly like the "H" for Herrn and Helmuth (they both have a vertical line through the cross-bar) so maybe it is M.
Best regards,
Sophia

Re: German post card

Kmichael8 — Thu Jan 30, 2025 11:32 am

Author: Kmichael8

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 11:32 am

Louie wrote:

Hi,
I has been awhile.
Found this postcard in my mom's stuff. I recognize the date but that's all. I included the front and back perhaps to give you context.
Please translate and
Thank you,
louie

Hi Louie,

The postcard was written in the guesthouse and pension ‘Zur Dorflinde’ [Gasthaus und Pension ‘Zur Dorflinde’] in Gras-Ellenbach [or Grasellenbach], a community with 1,000 inhabitants in the Odenwald, a low mountain range in the South of Hessia on 3 August [19]39.

The message is:

Lieber Helmuth!
Herzliche Grüße aus unserer Sommerfrische senden Dir Tante und Onkel
Lore und Martin
[with a different handwriting:]
Es grüßt Dich D[eine] Mutter.

Dear Helmuth!
Aunt and Uncle Lore and Martin send you warm greetings from our summer retreat.
Greetings from your mother.

The address is hard to read. What I read is:

Herrn
Helmuth xxx
xxx Lehrwerkstatt
Hannxxx Waldhof

Hence Helmuth obviously worked in a training workshop near Waldhof.

Hope that helps,
Michael

German post card

Louie — Wed Jan 29, 2025 1:04 pm

Author: Louie

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 1:04 pm

Hi,
I has been awhile.
Found this postcard in my mom's stuff. I recognize the date but that's all. I included the front and back perhaps to give you context.
Please translate and
Thank you,
louie