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Exploring the history of Pennsylvania’s Coal Region

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Letters from War: Irvin Schwartz’s World War II correspondence with the West Schuylkill Press-Herald

A Schuylkill County native’s letters from the Second World War.

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Recent Posts

  • Letters from War – Holiday greetings from the front lines in Nazi Germany, November 1944
  • When Schuylkill County soldiers raced to defend the Capitol in April 1861… and unfortunate modern parallels
  • Letters from War – The first letter from inside Hitler’s crumbling “Third Reich,” October 1944
  • “Sever all connection” – A group of Civil War veterans boycotted a Coal Region newspaper in 1883
  • Letters from War – Checking in with the staff of the Press-Herald from Belgium, September 1944
  • Grudge Match: Lykens and Williamstown football teams dueled for championship in remarkable 1904 game

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