Nida 1942

Happy New Year to all readers! This year's first post is a postcard of Kurische Nehrung/Kuršių Nerija cancelled in 1942 in Nidden (now Nida, Lithuania). Kuršių Nerija is a sand dune spit known as Curonian Spit in English, stretching 98km like a corridor in the middle of ocean. Presently, the northern half of the spit is belonging to Lithuania and the southern half what used be part of Ostpreußen/East Prussia now belongs to Russia, Kalininglad Oblast. Nida/Nidden is a virtual "small fishing village" tourist resort since the 18th century with summer residents and cottages of celebrities such as Queen Louise of Prussia or the Nobel prize winner writer Thomas Mann.

French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre & Simone de Beauvoir during their visit in 1965 near Nida along with the Lithuanian writer Mykolas Sluckis