WW2 Nazi German Wehrmacht Army Soldiers Eastern Front Military Song Card Postcard Third Reich Era

Original WWII-era German song/postcard titled “Vorwärts nach Osten!” (“Forward to the East!”), featuring a dramatic photograph of German soldiers marching while carrying heavy wooden beams and equipment.

The card prints the verses and refrain of the wartime song “Vorwärts nach Osten!”, directly associated with Germany’s campaign against the Soviet Union. The refrain includes the lines “Von Finnland bis zum Schwarzen Meer” (“From Finland to the Black Sea”) and “Vorwärts nach Osten” (“Forward to the East”).

The card credits the text/design to Anacker, Fießler and Kulentampff, with music by Norbert Schultze, the German composer also famous for Lili Marleen.

An excellent piece of WWII German military and Eastern Front ephemera combining period photography with wartime music and propaganda.

Condition: Original period item with age-related toning and minor edge/corner wear. Please see photos for exact condition.

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