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- 17 and 19 May 1943 (Creation)
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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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Envelope containing two letters from Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. In the first letter, Hella wishes Günther a happy birthday. She would have preferred to have been able to congratulate him in person. She is sending him a Pix [pen?]. She has the same one and will think of him whenever she uses it. She suggests he does the same. In the second letter, Hella hasn’t heard from Günther and hopes he is not still angry with her. However, she does not think he is and surmises that he may not be writing as he is busy with duties. She was very disappointed to learn that her class’s redeployment had been postponed but after reflection thinks it is more important that they have time to learn. She then goes on to describe a way in which she is managing to miss classes, and says that this is common. Hella has joined the Charlottenburg Sport Club in preparation for the Athletic Leaving Certificate. Hella hopes to do the Reichssportabzeichen (Sports Badge). You need to be 18 to do this, but she can start in the autumn. She has air raid duty tonight. Her meal before she goes will be frugal, but her parents go to a poultry farm in Fürstenberg today, so hopefully there will be plenty to eat tomorrow. Hella sends Günther a photo of her taken on New Year’s day.
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- Gearmáinis