In the large stack of postcards, given to me by my Grandfather Sam, this one is really interesting. It's of an area where my Grandpa was stationed, at the end of World War II. "Druck und Vorlag" means Printing and Publishing from E. Preitzel. I found at least one other postcard through internet searching, but not much else.
I love how my Grandpa marked out where he was stationed, in Oberosterreich, and the placement of Russians and Americans with his post outlined. The Enns River is a tributary to the Danube and the town of Ternberg sits at the foothills of the Alps.
Here's what it looks like now (one from a vantage point further upstream and another in around the same position). Notice how the large building is still there and the bridge remains pretty much the same as it did in 1924. My Grandfather was there in 1944.
Frighteningly enough, Ternberg was a place of terror during World War II and according to some internet sleuthing, a number of Hungarian Jews and others were brought here to build an hydroelectrical power plant.
Tschüß!!
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