Paul R Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 A translation of this document would be most appreciated! I cannot even make out the letters in most of the script!I was given this post card by a friend of mine(co worker!!)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 The good part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 close ups! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) This is what I can make out:___"Happy greetings on the "Day of the Grossdeutsches Reiches".Your (Lore?)I can only tell you that we are very happy about this sudden happy turn in (Austria?). Everybody is cheering the F?hrer, even in faraway M?hlviertel!"___/Mike Edited January 19, 2006 by Great Dane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 Thanks Mike! Interesting sentiment!Am I correct in my theory of the address being an American? Strange address though!! Where is the destination address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Well, "Miss Olive Greene" does sound english/american...The address is in Turkey though. Maybe a temporary holiday address?/Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 This is what I can make out:___"Happy greetings on the "Day of the Grossdeutsches Reiches".Your (Lore?)I can only tell you that we are very happy about this ---- happy turn of ----. Everybody is cheering the F?hrer, even in faraway M?hlviertel!"___/Mike"...unexpectedly fortunate turn [of events] in Austria. ..."The M?hlviertel is a region of Austria along the Czech border.The addressee is Miss Olive Greene, American School, PO Box 111, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 This is awesome!!! Thanks guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Olive Greene, a graduate of Wellesley, taught at the Girl's Collegiate Institute at Izmir for 40 years. By 1955, she had retired and was studying at the Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1955, she wrote a book review of a book on Islam, which appears on the web in a Quaker newsletter "Inward Light". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 I found this... http://www.aci.k12.tr/Asp/Content.Asp?Cont...=0&MSO=2&IdO=15This website is for the school mentioned earlier! They still mention her today. She was their first principal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 A photo of Ms Green from the website!She is standing to the viewer's right of the girl with the white hat in the back row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The power of Google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 Google is my favorite tool!!! (as well as this forum!!)I wrote to the public affairs rep of the school. I sent her a link of this thread. I requested information about Ms Greene. They named their administration building after her, so I am sure that they have a lot of info on her around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Correct translation, but its not "Austria" but "Osten" (East) .... fortunate turn of the events in the east....Gerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Correct translation, but its not "Austria" but "Osten" (East) .... fortunate turn of the events in the east....GerdAre you sure? I read it as "?sterr" (as in the abbreviation for "?sterreich") - otherwise the following sentence doesn't make much sense.../Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmeister Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Are you sure? I read it as "?sterr" (as in the abbreviation for "?sterreich") - otherwise the following sentence doesn't make much sense.../MikeIt's definitely "Osterr.". You can compare r's and n's throughout the text.Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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