Hi all, I hope you're doing well!
I bought this vintage WWI German field service postcard (Feldpostkarte), depicting ruins in Arras; a town in Northern France. The town was close to the battlefields and subsequently suffered heavy damages.
Although this particular postcard didn't saw any use, it does contain a printed quote on its back from the German writer, poet and philosopher Schiller, which I find very beautiful and telling.
"Das Alte stürzt, es ändert sich die Zeit,
Und neues Leben blüht aus den Ruinen."
Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
"The Old crumbles, Time changes,
And new Life blossoms from the Ruins."
The untold human suffering and loss of life of WWI trench warfare has always captured my imagination and made me somber. And although a century has gone by since it all happened, I feel that those tragic events should never be forgotten.
That's all for now, folks! As always, thanks for visiting, and please check out this blog from time to time for news and updates. Have a great one!
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That's a very nice postcard José and it has such a powerful verse. It adds so much to it. Thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rebecca! The message is indeed powerful, for it holds in it hope.
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