3722 - Bismark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Bismark was establish in the 12th century in an area ruled by Albert the Bear, Margrave of Brandenburg (c1100-1170). There are about 8000 people in Bismark today.

Bismark was the birthplace of Elise Lemme. Elise and her husband, Otto Hampel, protested against Nazism during World War II. They would write postcards denouncing Hitler's government and leave them in public places in Berlin. Otto was a World War I veteran.

Over the course of 2 years years, they hand-wrote 287 postcards and dropping them into mailboxes or leaving them in stairwells. On the postcards they urged people to refuse to cooperate with the Nazis, to refrain from donating money, to refuse military service, and to overthrow Hitler.

The couple was arrested and denounced in the autumn of 1942. They were put on trial at the Volksgerichtshof (people's court) and convicted of Wehrkraftzersetzung (sedition) and of "preparing for high treason." They were both buillotined on 8 April 1943 at the Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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