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Green Belt GermanyIn November 2019, the Germans celebrated the 30th anniversaryof the fall of the Berlin Wall. The strip of land that separatedEast and West Germany between the final fortification and militarysurveillance in 1952 until the fall of the Wall in 1989 and remainedalmost untouched during this period, has developed into a uniqueliving and retreat area for flora and fauna. Today, the former courseof the border as “Green Belt Germany”, which meanders over alength of 1,393 kilometers and a width of 50 to 200 meters from theBaltic coast of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the tri-border regionof Saxony - Bavaria - Czech Republic, is one of the most importantnature conservation projects of the Federal Republic. The GreenBelt Germany belongs to the Central European section of the morethan 12,500 km long Green Belt Europe (European Green Belt),which extends from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea. For severalyears there have been efforts to nominate the Green Belt Europe asa UNESCO World Heritage Site.Design: Prof. Annette Le Fort u. Prof. André Heers, BerlinTheme: Grenzen trennen - Natur verbindet © Foto: KlausLeidorfValue: 1,55 EURSize: Width 44,2 mm; Height 26,2 mmIssue Date: 2 March 2020136German Postal Specialist
Book reviewRudi AndersMail in Occupied German Southwest-Africa 1914-1919Censor Label - Censor Cachets - Censor Post Service - Prisoner of WarCampsUwe Albert / Hans Koppel208 pages, 7”x10”, softcover, durable high-quality binding.The book can be ordered from the Arbeitsgemeinschaft derSammler Deutscher Kolonialpostwertzeichen e.V. at € 25.- + € 8.-international postage. Payment is also possible by PayPal.As the title suggests, this book on mail in occupied SW-Africadeals with two distinct topics: 1) the censorship of mail under theSouth African occupation, and 2) the story of the prisoner of warcamps and the mail services provided. At the outset I make thefollowing confession, I’m not much of a German colonies collector.However, I’m very much a collector of postal history and censorship,as well as POW mail. So with the opportunity to write a review I readthe book from my perspective.The censorship story really begins with the South African occupationof German SW-Africa after a brief struggle, which ended withthe capitulation of German military forces in July 1915. Not only wasthe civilian population allowed to continue sending mail, the SouthAfrican occupation administration kept the postal service in theoccupied territory running with almost no interruption. That administrationmade use of existing postal infrastructure, including theuse of the adapted German postmarks (cancels) and even Germanpostal forms.The authors open their work with a brief, 2 page Prefacein German and English. They (and the Study group) should beapplauded for producing a (somewhat) bi-lingual text so as to makeit possible for non-German readers to use this information-packedwork. But I will also point out a couple of instances where addedtranslations might have helped.After the Preface, Part 1 Zensurzettel/Censor Labels beginswith page upon page of illustration of the various labels used oncensored mail (pages 8 – 28). Page 29 and onward really start thediscussion about the background of the labels and reproducesseveral documents from the State Archives of Windhoek explainingApril 2020 137
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