Accession Number: 2022.02.8.27

Stamp: Winterhilfswek Deutches Reich 

Postmark: August 1, 1939, Munchen “Day of the Letter”

Overview:

The postcard is from the Winterhilfswek (Winter Relief) charity, specifically for the “Gauftrassenfammlung im Traditionsgau: Durchgeführt von der Gefamtbeamtenfchaft”–which translates to the “Gauftrace collection in the Traditional; Carried out by the Civil Servants’–of 1938-1939.

The postcard is a colorful drawing of a blonde baby with wings, holding a jug labeled “WHW” with coins falling into it. There is a shimmering yellow outline of a heart around the figure.

Text Summary:

The text on the front of the postcard reads: “Sacrifice? No! It should be thanks.” And “It shall be thanks” or “Thanks it shall be”. 

The rough translation of the back of the postcard is “Senior Teacher in Munich. Plinganser Street.”