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"Za brambo ljube domovine vzame cesar staršem sine […]"
| Location | Maribor (Marburg) |
| Description | World War I postcard with a drawing of a soldier leaving his home and his grieving parents to head off to war. |
| Comment | The caption is a patriotic Slovene poem stating God's wish is for sons to be taken from their parents to follow the Emperor's call to arms in defense of the Fatherland. The postcard was likely set by someone working in a provisional hospital in Maribor to a colleague in a hospital in Celje, describing death and infectious diseases. |
| Date | sent not before 1915 |
| Dimensions | 9x14 cm |
| Language: Title | Slovene |
| Language: Message | Slovene |
| Transcription of the postcard’s message | [Message]: Dragi prijatelj! / Težko sem verjel Tvojemu poročilo, ki / me je jako iznenadilo. Je že tak. Enega / doleti smrt tukaj, drugega spet kje drugje. / Tudi jas sem tukaj v vedni nevarnosti, / pridejo vsake vrste bolniki. Drugače se / počutim zdaj še precej dobro. Ostati imam / tukaj, dokler bo špital. [...] |
| Keywords | 720 War 700 Armed Forces 186 Cultural Identity and Pride > 180 Total Culture 619 Tribe and Nation > 610 Kin Groups 590 Familiy 760 Death |
| Region sent to | Lower Styria |
| Archive/Collection | Lukan |
| Copyright | Lukan |
| Permalink | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:polos.3514 |
| Handle | hdl.handle.net/11471/515.10.3514 |
| Lizenz | CC-BY-NC 4.0 |