Two real photo postcards of Jewish soldiers in the German Imperial Army serving in the Champagne region of France, a combat zone between German and French forces during World War I.
Group photograph of German soldiers during World War I, including Jewish servicemen. Taken in the yard of a POW/detention camp. (From the estate of Haganah member Amos Spiegel.) Minor defects along the photo.
Seven Jewish infantrymen from the Grenadier corps are seen wearing field-colored tunics with front buttons—the standard German military uniform of 1914–1916. According to the writing on the reverse, the sender is likely a relative or friend named Leon, addressing Moritz Cohn, who was staying at the Jewish Hospital in Berlin—possibly as a wounded soldier. Sent “to the hands of Grenadier Moritz Cohn, Jewish Hospital, Berlin C2, Elsass Street 85.” The sender, stationed on the front in Champagne (one of the fiercest battle zones of the war), writes that he is well and inquires after his friend. The term “Feldpost” is used—military mail indicating the letter was sent from an active service location. Dated on the reverse: October 24, 1915. Very good condition.
Identical size: 9×14 cm.
