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- 20 and 22 March 1943 (Creation)
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4 pp. with envelope
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Hella Anna Maria Scholz was born in Berlin on 29 December 1928 as the younger of the two daughters of Bruno Scholz, a merchant in building materials, and Klara née Kaiser. She was educated in Berlin. In 1942, she met Günther Junge, a pilot with the German Luftwaffe. They remained a couple until Günther’s death in an air battle on 27 January 1944.
After the war, Hella worked as a laboratory assistant for a British military medical unit in Hannover. Here, she met her future husband, an Englishman named William Fuller. They married on 1 January 1951 at the Ploughley & Bullingdon Register Office in Oxford, and in February of that year Hella became a British citizen. She and her husband lived in Oxfordshire and had no children. Hella later moved to Penarth in Glamorgan, Wales, where she died on 31 January 2003.
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From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She teases Günther both that his colleagues seems to be very observant about his mail and that he has shown them a picture of her. His picture is positioned in her room so it is the first thing that people see when they come in. Yesterday she missed school and spent her pocket money on ice cream. Once again her mother had to forward her next month’s money. There was no school today and Hella went swimming. At first she was the only female in the pool. The remaining occupants were men who looked like they were in the military. Hella decided to show them what she could do and ended up banging her head on the side of the pool. If the final exams were not coming up soon, and therefore school was cancelled more often, Hella would just consist of bruises. The letter is continued on 22 March 1943. Hella had a busy weekend and so did not finish her letter. She went to see the film 5000 Mark Belohnung. She justifies watching films and reading books that are ‘kitsch’ by stating that they help her to appreciate quality films and literature. A friend came to see her on Sunday who was very excited at passing her leaving exams. Hella got a 3 for a class essay but is dreading the maths test tomorrow which will show just how much school she has been missing. A call was sent out for volunteer lifesavers so that those in charge of the swimming pools could go on holiday. Hella volunteered but has yet to be asked to do anything. With envelope.
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- Gearmáinis
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This document is water-damaged.