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Submitted by Sam Weiner

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 8/25/2021 1:18 PM
Family Surname: Sternberg
Country: Ukraine
Date of Image: 1916
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The address and message is written in old German script. Would be grateful if someone could either re-write in modern German or translate into English

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8/19/2021 7:52 PM to my beloved aunt and uncle Braunstein
a memento from your nephew
25 Feb(?) 1916
8/20/2021 2:11 AM I think the address block reads:
An Meiner lieben Tante und?
Onkel Braunstein?

The message reads in part:
Erinnung am ihren
? ? welche
von? Anfang ihre ?
? ? ? ?
von 25/2 1916
8/22/2021 9:07 AM Hallo Sam,

the message reads:

Erinnerung an ihren
Neffe(n) Mumu (?) welcher
vom Anfang ohne Unter-
brechen ihm (im) Felde steht
am 25./2. 1916

For the memory of nephew Mumu (?) who has been "standing in the fields" (who has entered the combat immediately) right without interruption

The German text is a bit unconventional, perhaps he didn't write often or originally spoke/wrote a different language.

Regards from Germany, Corinna

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