GERMAN POSTAL HISTORY

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"Soldatenblätter für feier und Freizeit"
"Soldier's sheets for celebrations and leisure"

In April 1940 a series of booklets titled "Soldatenblätter für feier und Freizeit" - "Soldier's sheets for celebrations and leisure" was published by the OKW (OberKommando der Wehrmacht), or Wehrmacht High Command. The booklets were printed every month from Apr 1940 until Nov/Dec 1944.

1940: 9 Issues, one per month, from April to Dec
1941: 11 issues, one per month, from Jan to Nov/Dec (the last issue of the year was a double issue)
1942: 11 Issues, one per month now catalogued as heft 1, heft 2, heft 3, ... heft 11/12.
1943: 11 issues, one per month catalogued as heft 1, heft 2, heft 3, ... heft 11/12.
1944: 11 issues, one per month catalogued as heft 1, heft 2, heft 3, ... heft 11/12.

The cards can be sorted by the number of lines of publisher's text running aloong the vertical dividing line.

Type A: One line of text
Type B: Two lines of text
Type C: No text along the vertical divider.

1941 Postcards

The 1941 issue was the second series of magazines and it consisted of 11 magazines (the November / December issue being a double issue) with a total of 19 postcards.

January

The first issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Destroyer at Sea







2. ARTIST: Unknown. TYPE: A. DESCRIPTION: Speedboat on the attack

February

The second issue of the 1941 series of the magazine did not contain any postcards

March

April

The fourth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: Erwin Rechberg. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: "Target practice while sewing..." (humor)
2. ARTIST: Erwin Rechberg. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: “I will have to be Patient First”

May

The fifth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: Ernst Kretschmann. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Soldier with his family




2. ARTIST: Ernst Kretschmann. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Soldier throwing hand grenades

June

The sixth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: H. Thiele. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Soldiers doing laundry




2. ARTIST: H. Thiele. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Soldiers Receiving Mail

July

The seventh issue of the 1941 series of the magazine did not contain any postcards

August

The eigth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: Max Zschoch. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: (humor) "The desert bath"



2. ARTIST: Max Zschoch. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: (Humour) "Big laundry in Africa"

September

The ninth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: H. v. Medrey. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Flamethrower





2. ARTIST: H. v. Medrey TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Speed boat

October

The tenth issue of the 1941 series of the magazine featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: G. Kretzschmar. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Pioneers building bridges [VERIFIED. Complete magazine in my collection]
2. ARTIST: G. Kretzschmar. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Advance column [VERIFIED. Complete magazine in my collection]

November / December

The eleventh and final issue of the 1941 series of the magazine was a double issue that featured two postcards

1. ARTIST: H. v. Medvey. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Receiving letters in Africa




2. ARTIST: H. v. Medvey. TYPE: B. DESCRIPTION: Christmas in a hut (Russia)