A postcard sent from a prisoner of war (POW) camp in Germany in 1942 has been delivered to its address in Serbia after more than 63 years, local media reported on Wednesday.
Michael Cronenberg, a German antiques dealer bought a postcard, written by prisoner of war Vojislav Dzeletovic on June 26, 1942 from a camp in eastern Germany to his wife Bosiljka, at a flea market in Germany for €12 ($14), state television reported.
”I don’t know whether Bosiljka is still alive, but maybe there are still some family members who can get the card… Better late than never,” the daily Blic quoted Cronenberg as saying in a letter sent with the postcard to the 1942 address.
Dzeletovic, originally from Serbian town Kragujevac, 120km south from Belgrade, was among thousands of Serbs imprisoned in German POW camps during World War II.
”I am very concerned as I don’t know what is happening with you… My dear, please write, you can only imagine how hard it is for me to have no news about you,” said the card, bearing the date and the name of the camp.
But after the war the family moved from Kragujevac to Belgrade so the letter ended up at the World War II memorial centre.
”This unprecedented goodwill gesture will help overcome the bad memories from the past,” said curator Nenad Djordjevic, urging ”everyone to help him locate the Dzeletovic family”. – Sapa-AFP