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| St. Gallen, Switzerland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gallen |
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| 20 Teufenerstrasse St. Gallen, Switzerland |
St. Gallen as it appears in the 1940 Collier Atlas and Gazeteer Submitted by Quizmaster Mike Dalton |
Przemysl was right on the line dividing German
occupied Poland from Russian occupied Poland,
pursuant to the Hitler-Stalin pact entered into on
the eve of the war. When the card arrived in
Przemysl, someone entered a pencilled notation on
the left of the card front that the addressee "finds
himself on the Russian side." On the front, the
same person wrote "Russland" in pencil on
the front below the original address. Note the
similarity in handwriting.
occupied Poland from Russian occupied Poland,
pursuant to the Hitler-Stalin pact entered into on
the eve of the war. When the card arrived in
Przemysl, someone entered a pencilled notation on
the left of the card front that the addressee "finds
himself on the Russian side." On the front, the
same person wrote "Russland" in pencil on
the front below the original address. Note the
similarity in handwriting.
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| na stronie rosyjskiej on the Russian side (Polish) |
| Clues in the Picture |
| Swiss Stamp |
| You could Google the name of the Addressee Joseph Sumpf. |
| "fruh Polen" means "former Poland" in German. This indicates that the card was sent after Germany invaded Poland. |
| St. Gallen, Switzerland return address, date, and postmark 19 November 1940 |
| You could Google the sender of the card Saly Mayer to discover she was the representative of the Joint |
Distribution Committee in Switzerland during the war.
If you Googled combinations of the clues above, you would have arrived at the website
www.edwardvictor.com/Ghettos/przemysl_main.htm where the rest of the story can
be found. I don't agree with some of the explanations on this website, so I have added
my own comments in RED.
www.edwardvictor.com/Ghettos/przemysl_main.htm where the rest of the story can
be found. I don't agree with some of the explanations on this website, so I have added
my own comments in RED.
| Adresat Nieznany wywlano bezskutecznie Addressee Unknown expropriation [delivery] without success (Polish) |
| The card went back to the post office where it was stamped on the back side with "Addressee unknown; called without result-- Przemysl Post Office". |
| It was received on the Russian side and stamped with a Russian cancellation for Przemsyl dated December 26, 1940. |
| The card was then sent to Moscow which could do nothing with it and returned it to Przemysl with a boxed stamp: "Retour-Moscou-Rebuts". (French) I don't know if I agree with this. Whey would the Russian's stamp the card in French when returning it to German or Russian Poland? I believe that |
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The final markings are a stamped box reading "Retour-Inconnu" (return-unknown in
French) and a crayoned arrow pointing toward the Swiss-imprinted stamp. Note
also that the name of the addressee "Sumpf" is written near the stamp and
several items including the original address, the word "Russland" both in pencil
and printed at an angle to the left, are scratched out in the same orange crayon.
French) and a crayoned arrow pointing toward the Swiss-imprinted stamp. Note
also that the name of the addressee "Sumpf" is written near the stamp and
several items including the original address, the word "Russland" both in pencil
and printed at an angle to the left, are scratched out in the same orange crayon.
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| It was received back in Przemysl pursuant to a cancellation dated February 21, 1941 and another dated April 27, 1941. (Postmarks are in Russian). |
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this stamp could have been added later in Switzerland (the only
French speaking country in this story), as an indication that it was
returned from Moscow. "Retour- Moscou- Rebuts" means "return
Moscow disposal".
French speaking country in this story), as an indication that it was
returned from Moscow. "Retour- Moscou- Rebuts" means "return
Moscow disposal".
| On June 22, 1941, the Germans invaded Russia and immediately occupied Przemysl. The next marking is a date stamp of November 4, 1941, reading "Deutsch Przemysl". |
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| The word "Deutsch" (German) and the Nazi wehrmacht postmark. |
| We have news to share with you from Charles Schwarz that he is doing well health-wise. He has unfortunately not heard anything from you lately and would be very happy if we could find out from you how you are doing. Best regards, Saly Mayer |
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| The founding of St. Gallen is attributed to the Irish monk Gallus (ca 550–620 or 640), who built a hermitage by the river Steinach in 612 CE. It is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. St. Gallen is situated in the northeastern part of Switzerland in a valley about 700 meters (2,300 ft) above sea level. It is |
| one of the highest cities in Switzerland and it often receives a lot of snow in winter. The city is pleasantly situated between Lake Constance and the mountains of the Appenzell Alps (with the Säntis as the highest peak at 2,502 meters (8,209 ft)). It therefore offers excellent recreation areas nearby. As the city center is built on an unstable turf ground (thanks to its founder Gallus who was looking for a hermitage and not founding a city), all buildings on the valley floor must be built on piles. For example, the entire foundation of the train station and its plaza are based on hundreds of piles. The main tourist attraction is the Abbey of St. Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its renowned library contains books which date back to the 9th century. The city has good transport links to the rest of the country and to neighbouring Germany and Austria. It also functions as the gate to the Appenzell Alps. Read more... |
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Przemysl, Poland as it appears in the 1940 Collier Atlas and Gazeteer Submitted by Quizmaster Mike Dalton |
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| Ul. 3 Maja No. 5 Przemysl, Poland |
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| Przemśyl, Poland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przemysl |
| tribes into the heart of the Great Moravian Empire around 899, the Lendians of the area declared allegiance to the Hungarian authorities. The Przemyśl region then became a site of contention between Poland, Kievan Rus and Hungary beginning in at least the 9th century. The area was mentioned for the first time in 981 by Nestor, when Vladimir I of Kievan Rus took it over on the way into Poland. In 1018 Przemyśl returned to Poland, and in 1031 it was retaken by Rus. Between the 11th and 12th century the city was a capital of the Principality of Peremyshl, one of the principalities that made up the Kievan Rus' state. Sometime before 1218 an Eastern Orthodox eparchy was founded in the city. Przemyśl later became part of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia. Read more... |
| Przemyśl, the second- oldest city in southern Poland (after Kraków), appears to date from as early as the 8th century. The region subsequently became part of the 9th- century Great Moravian state. Archeological remains testify to the presence of a monastic settlement as early as the 9th century. Upon the invasion of the Hungarian |
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