For everyone reading this topic, but especially for everyone that posted such beautiful cards and explanations;

A card by an artist called Moratz, for the Deutscher Verein für Sauglingsfürsorge 1916 e.V., or the registered charity for welfare of German babies. Moratz did many works for this charity. Early in the 20th century, the Vereins für Säuglingsfürsorge und Wohlfahrtspflege was founded, and this was an initiative from the Bund deutscher Frauenvereine. From this, during the first world war in 1916, came this association. Because of the war, there were many families, especially children, in need of help. This is the forerunner of youthcare we have today over here. The card is lovely, a beautiful angel with a nice short clear message; peace. The written text at the bottom, is continued from the back. I won't put it here.



Another card, by the Bund Frauendank 1914. Another womens initiative, to help the war effort, founded in 1914. A charity for war invalids, by dankbaren Deutschen Frauen und Mädchen, thankful German women and girls. A simple drawing, with a poem by Johanna Lankau. She wrote under her own name and also a few pseudonyms, and she spoke fluent English, French, Italian and Danish. Most poems she wrote during the war for charity womens organizations, can be read in the bookseries "Aus einem Kriegstagebuche 1914-1917", the volume 31 "Kriegsdichtungen aus dem Sachsenlande 1914/17".



German girls, German women,
help the soldiers to build huts!
Habitation for wounded,
a place like home at a warm fireplace,
forever without worries.
The Frauendank will take care of this for you!
German women, move your hands,
Collect stone by stone (or, put stone on stone) for donation (or, to give)!
Look up at the blue heaven
The loving grace of womens loyalty.

You know all this, but for anyone that don''t, women didn't fight, but, WWI was important for the rights and the place in society of women. Not only to take care of warwounded. Women needed to fill the empty places of the men that went fighting. They worked in factories and kept industries going on. Also, they helped to rebuild roads and buildings, and take care of maintenancework. This helped to improve things for women in German society (but also western society in general) after the war.


Nichts ist Ende, nichts ist Anfang.