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- 26 April 1943 (Creation)
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2 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 Günther at the officers’ quarters somewhere near Belgrade. Now that Easter is over, Günther finally gets a chance to write. [Illegible section.] He mentions that Belgrade is Serbian. He and his comrades spent most of the day exploring the Turkish fortress. Afterwards, they wandered around town until they found the Mess. There, they all got an egg and six cigarettes for Easter. Günther and his comrades spent all their money on food and drink there and saw the film Was will Brigitte at the soldiers’ cinema. Before leaving town, they stopped at a few more cafes and bars. They spent a total of 60 Reichsmark. To make up for their excessive spending, they spent the next day sunbathing, which is free, after all. Günther is worried that Hella will look extremely pale next to him now. He waits for Hella’s next letter and hopes it did not get lost in a partisan attack. Günther hopes that Hella and her family had a lovely Easter holiday. He adds that soldiers only get six cigarettes daily and that buying more is too expensive. With envelope.
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- German
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In Sütterlin script.
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This document is water-damaged and illegible in parts.