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A Russian propaganda postcard showing a WWI battle near Podvolochinsk, when in the chaos of the battle, Austro-Hungarian troops killed 15 Russian nurses, ca. 1915

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A line of White soldiers in distance shoot at group of White female nurses in brown uniforms.
  • A line of White soldiers in distance shoot at group of White female nurses in brown uniforms.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    Калишскіе событія. Во время столкновенія австрійцевъ съ Русскими. Въ Подволочискѣ, австрійцы убили 15 сестеръ милосердія Краснаго Креста.
    [Signature] A. A.

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    Kalish events. During collision of Austrians and Russians at Podvolochinsk, Austrians killed 15 Sisters of Mercy from the Red Cross.
    [Signature] A. A.

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