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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 7/15/2012 4:00 PM
Family Surname: Sicherman, Schiff
Country: Poland
Town: Biharnagybojam
Date of Image: 19 Apr. 1915
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Completed transcription and translation are requested. The card is addressed to Matylda Sicherman in Biharnagybajom, 19 Apr. 1915, from her husband, Jacob Isak Sicherman, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army in Krakow.
Teureste Matylda und lieber Kinderli,
Zur Anerkennung aus Krakow schicke diese Karte. Lassen dich die süsse Kinder und spielen damit. Herzlich gegrüsst von [?] in Freuden [?] [On the picture, posted separately:] Ich habe nicht eine anderere Karte für Gluckwünsche [?] obiger

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7/15/2012 7:24 PM Teureste Matylda +lb Kinderlich, [??] {some Hebre letters]
Zur andenkung aus Krak. schickke
dir die Karte lassen sich die süsse
Kinderlich [maybe Herbrew letters] Spielen damit.
Sonst seist Herzlich Gegrüßt
fon dein tr. I. Isak welcher Hätte
sich in Freuden [???]

Note: Kinderlich = kinderlakh, yiddish plural of Kind.
7/17/2012 2:13 AM The hebrew letters after the name are עמו"ש which stands for עד מאה ועשרים שנה = till 120 years, and is one of a few customary blessings often added to the name of an addressee.
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