{"product_id":"kriegsgefangenen-postkarte-aus-der-udssr-nach-berlin-23-januar-1949","title":"POW postcard from the USSR to Berlin – January 23, 1949","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eSender: Arthur Richard Arlt, b. 1894\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eCamp: USSR, Camp 7270\/16\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eRecipient: Mrs. Margarete Arlt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eAddress: Berlin-Lichterfelde-Ost, Mariannenstraße 27\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eDate: January 23, 1949\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eType: Postcard for prisoners of war\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 98.05pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eHistorical prisoner-of-war postcard from the Soviet Union dating from 1949, written by the German prisoner of war Arthur Richard Arlt to his wife Margarete in Berlin-Lichterfelde-Ost. The card bears the preprinted Russian notice of the “Alliance of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR” as well as the French designation “Carte postale du prisonnier de guerre”. The camp address is written by hand as “USSR, Camp 7270\/16”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 98.05pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eOf particular interest is the completely preserved personal text on the reverse side. Among other things, Arthur Arlt writes about waiting to return home, his state of health, the lack of mail from his family, and comrades who have already returned home. As a result, the card possesses a particularly immediate historical character and documents the situation of German prisoners of war in Soviet captivity several years after the end of the Second World War. The card also bears a Soviet censorship\/inspection stamp, as was typical for prisoner-of-war mail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 98.05pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eMy dearly beloved Margarete!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 98.05pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eDo not ask, we must learn to endure everything. A strong faith, an infinite love, and trust in God help one to overcome everything. Wait for me, I will return, even if it has become a bitter fact that not all prisoners of war had returned home by the end of last year. Now it is supposed to happen in the course of this year...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 98.05pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe condition is good for its age. The card is completely inscribed, the writing is easily legible, and the preprinted details as well as control stamps are clearly preserved – see pictures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 98.05pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eAn impressive original document of historical significance for collectors of prisoner-of-war mail, the Soviet Union, German postwar history, returnee and camp mail, as well as personal documents from the Second World War and its immediate aftermath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artify Berlin - An \u0026 Verkauf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59839553175897,"sku":"CB0175","price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/5336\/4057\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-10-11at13.24.49.jpg?v=1791727929","url":"https:\/\/artify-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/kriegsgefangenen-postkarte-aus-der-udssr-nach-berlin-23-januar-1949","provider":"Artify Berlin -  An \u0026 Verkauf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}