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Submitted by June F Entman

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 11/21/2021 12:18 PM
Family Surname: Spitzer
Date of Image: 1908
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I hope someone can decipher and translate the writing on this postcard sent by a relative named Spitzer (possibly Amelia or Minnie) to my great-grandmother -- Mrs. Jacob (Yetty Werner) Mandl from Ohio to NY. They were both German speakers originally from Austria-Hungary.

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11/22/2021 12:05 PM obviously German was not the first language of this lady (probably Yiddish background), since the spelling is not really German:

Dear relatives, with warm greetings to you all, your aunt Amalie Spitzer.
I received the card.

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