3979 - Reichenbach im Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Reichenbach im Vogtland is located in eastern Germany, near the Czech border. One of the sites on the front of the card show the Göltzschtalbrücke (Göltzsch Viaduct). It was built between 1846 and 1851 as part of the railway between Saxony and Bavaria. It is the world's largest brick bridge, and for a time the tallest railway bridge in the world. It spans the valley of the Göltzsch River. It is 574 m long, 23 m wide at the base, 9 m wide at the top, and 78 m tall at its highest point. There are over 26 million bricks in the bridge.

Between 1955 and 1958, the masonry was completely restored, and it wasn't until 1977 when placement of steel cover plates and other smaller jobs were completed.

It is infamous as a suicide bridge for 150 years. In August 2001 three teenagers jumped. A documentary film
Ein Tag mit Folgen: Teuflische Spiele (A Day with Consequences: Diabolical Games), was created about the event and how it changed the lives of the family and people they left behind. In 2002, there were eight suicides in eight months, forcing the Federal Police to increase supervision.

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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...

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.

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