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- 2 June 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 Günther at the officers’ quarters somewhere near Belgrade. Günther could not resist writing to Hella as his longing was too great. He and his comrades are said to leave on Saturday, so he should be in Berlin on Monday or Tuesday. He tried to get himself on a plane, but none are leaving from where he is. This means he will have to take the train, which only goes 20 km/h. Günther is optimistic about the near future. His suitcase has been packed since Sunday, and he cannot wait to leave. He has realised that ‘doing nothing’ is the worst kind of work that can be given to a human being. Günther hopes this will be the last letter before they see each other again. According to his mother, Hella made an effort by wearing fine clothes and bringing flowers when she visited his parents. He hopes that she enjoyed what is left of their home. With envelope.
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- Gearmáinis
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In Sütterlin script.
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This document is water-damaged.