F08_P11:The Siege of Leningrad
1941 November 28, Front side - Post card from Omsk to Leningrad.
Tan post card with printed text and outline in Russian using red ink. At the top right corner is a 20-kopek red imprinted stamp depicting a woman. Overtop is a cancellation dated November 28, 1941. Cursive handwriting in purple-black ink is present overall. At the top left corner is the State Emblem of the Soviet Union. Two additional cancellations are present at the top center and top left.
Name/Title
F08_P11:The Siege of LeningradEntry/Object ID
2007.8.11Scope and Content
1941 November 28, post card from Omsk to Leningrad.Context
Leningrad was besieged by German forces, largely cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union for more than two years, from August 1941 until January 1944. Postal communication to residents of Leningrad became possible in the winter, when vehicles could cross the ice of frozen Lake Ladoga from the east. A November 28, 1941, 20-kopeck Soviet postal card from Omsk to Leningrad, received December 31. Officially, the 17-18,000 soldiers of the Spanish Blue Division, who fought alongside German forces outside Leningrad, expressed Spain's gratitude for the support to the Nationalist side that Germany's Condor Legion had provided in the civil war. In reality this force, officially sponsored by General Francisco Franco's Falange Española, was the smallest possible response to Adolf Hitler's demand for support, grudgingly provided. The November 6, 1942, air mail envelope from Mallorca, censored at Berlin en route to the Eastern Front, went to a Blue Division soldier.Collection
Nazi Scourge I: Primary ExhibitionCategory
Post Card
Philatelic Material