Wehrmacht Feldpost

[Jock Auld]

Guys,

Got a big pile of it at the weekend, just going through it and sorting it out. I thought this was interesting as it reminds one that lives were going on in the middle of the chaos of war with the daily drama and stresses of normal life relationships etc to deal with as well, the typed FP are always best as you can read them easily.

Jock

[Jock Auld]

Some of the varied unit stamps as opposed to FP stamps, I would have thought this a breach of security.

I like the Streifendienste Ukraine stamp this is quite unusual I think?

Jock

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello Jock.

Your samples showing postal addresses rather than F.P. numbers seem to be those of homeland installations which were public facilities and not in need of secrecy. I doubt that other such directed mail would have made it past the local postal office.

Your first letter (Mr.Rasch) was most interesting as he reports his professional affairs AND his divorce with his new engagement to be married to a lady already expecting?!? He had the cooperation of a civil servant who didi not insist on submission of the final divorce decree. And to think that the then home area would be lost forever just two years later.

Bernhard H. Holst

Edited October 21, 2014 by Bernhard H.Holst

[Jock Auld]

Bernhard,

He had been a bit busy hadn't he. I don't know how he coped with such a busy 'social' life.

I was surprised the Blind flying school and Channel Watch Group were in plain speak and not FPN, one would think that any mail was suseptable to intercept at any point regardless of where it originated? Maybe an oversight at the time that provided a good source of Int, I suppose we will never know?

I am sure that captured or stolen mail would be equivilant of intecepted phone and email conversations today and would have been valued.

Never gave it much thought before now...

Jock