Ihász István - Pintér János szerk.: Történeti Muzeológiai Szemle: A Magyar Múzeumi Történész Társulat Évkönyve 5. (Budapest, 2005)

II. Módszertan - Műhely - Közlemények - Fazekasné Majoros Judit: Első világháborús képeslapok a szerencsi Zempléni Múzeum gyűjteményében

/ /. kép Harctéri képeslap IRODALOM PETERCSÁK Tivadar 1994. A képes levelezőlap története. Miskolc-Eger. First World War picture postcards from the collection of the Zempléni Museum of Szerencs Judit Fazekas Majoros The First World War is of extreme significance in the history of the printing of picture postcards. This post-office product, which had steadily grown in popularity since the turn of the century, became even more important during this period, for soldiers in their hundreds of thousands maintained contact with friends and family by sending the cards. The majority of picture postcard manufacturers reacted speedily to the increase in demand, partly by issuing existing cards in greater numbers and partly, practically from the outset of the war, by exploiting the theme of the war itself on the cards. During the war, then, the cards were mainly used as a means of communication between people, but they also had a number of other functions. At first they were an effective vehicle with which to spread propaganda, but their role as a means of conveying mass information cannot be ignored, either. Later the issuing of these post-office products assumed another function when they appeared for charitable purposes. Not only the side with the picture is of interest in the case of cards from the First World War - the message that they contain is at least as important. Even though it was forbidden for soldiers to write factual information (the majority of messages stated that they were alive and healthy), the mood of the messages - at first enthusiastic, then increasingly embittered provide us with a true picture as we burrow through them. There are some 5,000 cards with war themes at the Szerencse Zempléni Museum. This small component of the collection is a special source in the history of the First World War, partly because of the pictorial depictions and partly of all the valuable information contained in the soldiers' writings.