Partial Translation:
The left part of the card is in Russian:
St[ation?] Yablonno Warsaw Province
8th Infantry Estland Regiment
6 Company
Sharogorodsky
The card is Chiam's military unit address. The whole tenor of the text is Chaim's attempt to make sure a letter from his parents will reach him -- the postcard may have been put in an envelope as there is no evidence of a stamp or delivery address.
Dear parents!
At the begining of my writing I can (inform you?) of my health: (can only guess!) Things are looking up, and (concerning) writing you about my health you may look at this card, I’m sending you, because I really didn’t have……. for a long time pangs (?) (?) something with soldiers? (don’t know, something with you have to do something well”)
Dear parents!
Do write me (an explanation?) why for such a long time I didn’t get from you any letter? And it’s for nearly three …….?., that I didn’t receive any letter from you ?? ?? since I’m not able, because the place is so very small, that there are no streets.
Now I’m staying in Varsh… and I will be there after all until the 15th, (and) I’m staying here since the 12th of August. Then I can write, that from the first of September we’ll have the start of the season of going to (…??)
from me, your son
I’m greeting all my relatives (?)
Please do write to my old address because (…) will be and we are in Varshav and at the old address I can receive (the postings).
Do write, soon!
Libe elterin!
(…?) onfang fun mayn shraybin kon ikh aykh ( khay via ?.) ikh farshpor (?), aykh shraybin fun mayn gizint ir kont zehen nokh zeyer (?) karte vos ikh shik aykh vayl ikh hob dokh nisht lang
veytog firt (?) mit m… (?) (tsu im? …. ) sold……(?) vos ihr darf zey yoytsn (?) git konen.
Libe eltern!
shraybt mir tsu fritshene far (??) vos iz far aza lange tsayt hob ikh fun aykh keyn brif nisht palutshet? say iz bald 3 (…?) az ikh hob fun aykh keyn brif nisht palutshet ?? ?? vayl kon ikh do nisht vayl azoy(?) iz vintsig ort keyn gas (?) iz zeyer nishto ikh gifin zikh itst in Varsh.. (dont’t know, if it is Varshe) un ikh vel do zayn oyfin shteyger biz dem 5-senten ikh bin do fun dem 12tin August: vayter kon ikh shraybin az fun dem 1ten sentyam heybt zikh ba unz on der sizon fun at (…) forin.
fun mir, ayer zihn
Khayim Leyb
ikh giris ale kroyvim(?) mayn shraybin zolt ir oyfin altin adres vayl (…) (…) vel un mir zayn in Varshav un oyf dem altn adres (..) ikh oykh palutshen shraybt bald entver
The card is written by "me, your son, Cheim Leib".
a more complete line-by-line translation
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