Field postcard of Fritz Sommerkorn from Rehoboth Deutsch-Südwestafrika to his parents (part 2)* No 2 the cold earth. The catering is good according to the circumstances. Every now and then you have the opportunity to shoot wild animals, often even oxen. It is the right gypsy life to wash every / 4 weeks 1 time. Water is here a very / rare article. We get every 5 days --- / 1 fl. rum or cognac because it is indispensable for the local climate [...]

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* Dear parents! / Share my promotion / to corporal among todays / day [too]. Letter to follow. / With best regards / Your son / Fritz* Field postcard by Fritz Sommerkorn from Gibeon Deutsch-Südwestafrika to his parents with the news of his appointment as corporal

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* Dear parents! First of all I wish you a happy Whitsun / and hope that you will live the same healthy and lively /. I am healthy and awake / and hope the same also from you, especially Mamma / life gets me very good [...]* Field postcard from Fritz Sommerkorn from Rehoboth Deutsch-Südwestafrika to his parents (part 1)

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