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How Danzig figured into start of WW-I

Thanks to BILL RUH. we see how the pieces fit together. Mailed from Russia, (he cancel may mean “Great Village”. probably near St. Petersburg. on July 15, 1914. Since Russia used the old calendar with a I 3-day difference, this is actually thc 2Nth oliuly. 1914, the first day of (he “Great War”! The letter was stopped in I)aiwig and underwent censorship. as seen from the rubber- stamped censor’s mark on the hack, Unfortunaiely. the date is unclear in the line: Danzig, den 1914. Hostilities had just started, so protocol was shabby in the censorshi r depaitinent.

 

Danzig Report Vol. 1 - Nr. 103 - April - May - June - 1999, Page 15.