The Great War Through Picture Postcards by Guus de Vries CZERNEJEWSKI

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The photographs were chosen from the archives of Theriault's

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The Great War Through Picture Postcards by Guus de Vries CZERNEJEWSKITable of Contents During World War I, the picture postcard was the most important means of communication for the soldiers in the field and their loved ones at home, with an estimated 30 billion of them sent between 1914 and 1918. A postcard from home offered the soldier in the trenches a short escape from their daily hell, while receiving a postcard from a man on the frontline was literally a sign of life. These postcards create a vivid record of life