Karin Kaltenbrunner

After the outbreak of the First World War Maria Anna Siess joined as helper in the so-called “Labedienst” of the Red Cross, which organised knitted wares, food and other “loving tokens of solidarity” for the soldiers on the front. Having married the regimental physician Karl K. in 1916, the Viennese Maria Anna Siess ended this activity and subsequently accompanied her husband’s garrison.

The Viennese auditor Adolf Müller fought in the First World War in the military operations on the Eastern Front. In more than a hundred forces postcards he wrote at regular intervals to his wife Louise Müller and also greeted his two sons Otto and Gottfried in several cards, their illustrations casting a satirical light on the everyday routine of soldiers on the front.