"Sources for WWII Memorabilia?" Topic
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Parzival | 14 Jul 2015 1:50 p.m. PST |
My colleague and friend is a bestselling historical novelist. Her latest work features a maritime disaster in the Baltic during the closing years of the war. She's scheduled to attend an international convention for librarians, where she will present visuals to a small group to inspire interest in her story. She's thinking some period memorabilia would be good. The story features civilian Polish, Prussian and Batlic state refugees fleeing from the Soviet advance and dealing with the obvious dangers of the collapsing Nazi state, all trying to board a (doomed) German refugee ship. If you know of any sources for period memorabilia that might feature the Eastern European theater in the late war, and specifically the civilian refugee element, I'd love to be able to share those sources with her. (BTW, TMPers' suggestions to me actually helped with her first novel, which is an international bestseller and in production as a film today). |
McWong73 | 14 Jul 2015 2:00 p.m. PST |
If it's a presentation wouldn't images work? plenty of high res images are around. |
Cerdic | 14 Jul 2015 3:04 p.m. PST |
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Parzival | 14 Jul 2015 3:56 p.m. PST |
She'll be at a table with 10 attendees, in a room with multiple such tables. So a stand-up technology presentation won't work. She's actually hoping to create a "hands on" experience, not unlike a museum might do. |
enfant perdus | 14 Jul 2015 4:15 p.m. PST |
That's a tough one. Proper militaria doesn't seem like the right fit for the story you describe. I think civilian items related to the occupation and the Soviet reinvasion of the Baltics and Poland might work? I linked a few things on eBay; ration books, propaganda leaflets, official permits, etc. EBay can be a very dodgy place to acquire militaria. However, these particular sorts of things are not really high demand, so the odds of them being fake are pretty low. That being said, I always recommend buying from someone who has a spotless reputation, i.e., look at their feedback and see how they're rated by serious collectors. auction auction auction auction |
tuscaloosa | 14 Jul 2015 6:52 p.m. PST |
Hmmm, period postcards (actual postcards from the period) may fit the bill. These used to be very available at flea market in Europe every weekend, but in the U.S. ebay is probably her best bet. There's something particularly poignant about reading a postcard that Aunt Dorothea sent from the '36 Olympics to her nephew Timmy… |
McWong73 | 15 Jul 2015 5:42 p.m. PST |
enfant has a great suggestion. |
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