https://cicmuseum.org/files/original/10c497ca205ba6574f3d38f9e6c05a9a.jpg 2f4690922f2c31c0aaefd49092e2f602 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource German WWII Letters Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from the Red Cross regarding forwarding of surplus baggage, books, works of art, etc., for German POW Walter Schmitt Subject The topic of the resource This is a letter responding to an inquiry Walter Schmitt made regarding his personal items that were shipped back to Germany by the Red Cross. Description An account of the resource International Committee of the Red Cross Relief Division Geneva, 4 June 1947 To: Mr. Walter Schmitt Ispelsstrasse 1 Krefeld (22a) British Zone, Germany Subject: Forwarding of surplus baggage, books, works of art, etc., belonging to former German and Austrian prisoners of war in the USA and Canada In reply to your inquiry, we wish to inform you that all baggage, books, works of art, etc., belonging to former German and Austrian prisoners of war in the USA and Canada, which were transported by our delegations in America, have now arrived in Europe and have been forwarded to the Bavarian Red Cross, Wagmüllerstrasse 16, Munich. Delivery to the persons entitled to receive these items in Germany, Danzig, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Sudetenland will be carried out by the Bavarian Red Cross, and in Austria by the Austrian Red Cross, with the assistance of local Red Cross offices. Accordingly, any inquiries, complaints, or changes/corrections to addresses should henceforth be directed to the organizations named above, and no longer to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva or to its delegations in Germany or Austria. Yours faithfully, For the International Committee of the Red Cross: D. Dumont Department for Relief Operations Walter Schmitt