A German Reich Mail Bank Book of Gerhard Anderle
Bank book and ID card German Reich Mail Gerhard Anderle, 10.2 x 14.8 cm. Date of item: 1939-44. Condition: very good, signs of aging. A “Postsparbuch” (bank book) from the German Reich Mail (Deutsche Reichspost) of one Gerhard Anderle. It comes with an ID card (10.4 x 7.4 cm) which states that disbursements can only be acquired with the bank book and the membership card, and that the card is to be kept separately from the bank book. Book and card use Fraktur letters, also known as Gothic or German letters. The book is stamped in Warnsdorf (modern day Varnsdorf, Czech Republic, close to the German border) on Oct 27th, 1939. Anderle works as a “Drogist” (pharmaceutical chemist) and lives in Rumburg, 10 kms away. The rest of the book keeps track of his deposits and disbursements between late 1939 and 1944. At its peak, the account holds 150 Reichsmark. It regularly goes down to almost 0 before being refilled. The last six pages state the terms under which the Reich Mail Bank operates.

