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.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

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