tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post8590211715371278707..comments2023-08-16T23:55:14.401+09:00Comments on Lithuanian philately blog: German stamps in LithuaniaPrahanoakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-91194698076856609232014-04-27T13:39:25.501+09:002014-04-27T13:39:25.501+09:00Wow! I surely did not know that. I know that there...Wow! I surely did not know that. I know that there was a big shoe factory owned by a Czech company Bata. Here is a picture of the factory in Šiauliai:<br />http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n75Y209s2DA/U1yG2nNC1eI/AAAAAAAAFdo/SpBKz4D-s0Q/s1600/Siauliu+Batas.jpg<br />The company later defected from Czechoslovakia to Canada along with Tomas J. Bata (the founder's son) and 100 company employee's families in 1939 due to Nazi invasion. They settled in Batawa, Ontario named from the Bata family.Prahanoakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-67731022769527334832014-04-22T21:38:43.323+09:002014-04-22T21:38:43.323+09:00A lot of German officers, which were employed in t...A lot of German officers, which were employed in the "Ostland-Administration" came from "Schleswig-Holstein".<br />My cover was adressed to Husum...<br />"Frenkelis Villa" is connected with the Holocaust. Jewish Forced Workers made shoes in Frenkelis Factory. Some workers tried to escape in 1942 - they were shot...<br />My cover is from 1941.<br />I am not really sure, if the sender is guilty or not...<br /><br />SC<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-10841917257252568462014-04-22T00:23:18.151+09:002014-04-22T00:23:18.151+09:00Gebietkommissar in Estonia? Very interesting. I wo...Gebietkommissar in Estonia? Very interesting. I wonder what he (or she) was doing in Frenkelis Villa. From my understanding "Gebietkommissar" is a kind of police. I also have a cover of Gebietkommissar of Šiauliai (not Estonia). You can see it here: <br />http://prahanoaki.blogspot.jp/2010/06/siauliai-1942.html<br />(the bottom last cover of the 3)Prahanoakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-56973509505108945342014-04-21T19:19:25.597+09:002014-04-21T19:19:25.597+09:00The sender of my empty envelope beame later "...The sender of my empty envelope beame later "Gebietskommissar" in Estonia.<br />The adress in Šiauliai is Frenkelis Villa...<br /><br />SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-60824425287789785482014-04-19T11:59:08.102+09:002014-04-19T11:59:08.102+09:00To everyone:
There is one more case which I compl...To everyone:<br /><br />There is one more case which I completely forgot! I've noticed while re-reading this post myself now.<br /><br />Case 5. Bezirk Bialystok<br />This relatively small district located between present Lithuania, Poland and Belarus, surprisingly did not belong to neither Ostland nor General Government and used regular Reich stamps. The district included Białystok (in Poland now), Grodno (in Belarus now), Druskininkai which had a post office with postmark "Bad Druskieniki (Bz. Bialystok)".Prahanoakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-37648510748116818642014-04-19T11:40:06.801+09:002014-04-19T11:40:06.801+09:00That sounds very interesting indeed. What makes yo...That sounds very interesting indeed. What makes you think it has something to do with the Holocaust? Does it say something on the cover?Prahanoakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-26970671415707741092014-04-19T11:38:41.611+09:002014-04-19T11:38:41.611+09:00oh, yes... I probably went through even a couple o...oh, yes... I probably went through even a couple of thousands of the same kind to find this "Memel" postmark. and I can imagine, Koban can also be a nightmare for advanced collectors. Do you collect those?<br />P.S. Happy Easter to you as well!Prahanoakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-50197315604473572062014-04-19T11:32:03.798+09:002014-04-19T11:32:03.798+09:00Thanks!
Presently, I'm in Japan so I should b...Thanks! <br />Presently, I'm in Japan so I should be updating my profile.. oh, and soon or later I will be posting some thing about Sugihara, you can be sure about that. <br />Your project sounds very interesting. I do have some postcards of Protectorate of B&M as well . By the way, you have some very interesting blogs! Flags, Military history.. those are my interest as well.Prahanoakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897880703695769306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-60193094164491326382014-04-18T22:34:28.601+09:002014-04-18T22:34:28.601+09:00Schaulen - Šiauliai:
I have got a cover from this ...Schaulen - Šiauliai:<br />I have got a cover from this town, too. My example is also a cover, which has a normal 12 Rpf.-stamp - without "Ostland"-overprint.<br />I am not absolutely sure, but it seems, that my cover has something to do with the Holocaust...<br /><br />SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-46077465953745603022014-04-18T22:14:22.007+09:002014-04-18T22:14:22.007+09:00I love your "simple" 10 Pf. stamp with p...I love your "simple" 10 Pf. stamp with postmark "Memel". As a collector you can search trough hundrets of stamps of the same kind to find such an example!<br />It is the same thing with contemporary Japanese Koban-stamps: Good exampels with a certain postmark are not easy to find... <br /><br />Happy Easter SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-576865666405023237.post-23438840759234197622014-04-18T21:27:17.026+09:002014-04-18T21:27:17.026+09:00Great site. A Japanese living in Prague fascinated...Great site. A Japanese living in Prague fascinated with Lithuania; pretty eclectic. Would expect a post or two on Chiune Sugihara...<br />I'm currently working on my page about Prague during the Third Reich, showing then-and-now photos if you're interested. Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.com