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- 21 August 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 in Parchim. After two weeks, Günther finally received a letter from Hella today. He wonders why she used his Feldpost number instead of the regular address. It may be necessary to do so when he does not have an address, but for now, it is much faster to use the regular address. Other letters she may have written could still be on their way. He wants to know if she will be home for her birthday so he knows where to send the birthday wishes. It is unbearably hot where he is. They have to fly at night but cannot sleep during the day because of the heat. Günther tells Hella that he has a three-week-old terrier now. The dog is with Günther’s mother in Upper Silesian, and he does not know how to get the dog to where he is stationed. He asks Hella if the photos from her holiday in Linz are done yet and if she could send them to him so he can choose one to keep for himself. Günther says writing what they think and feel is important. With envelope.
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- German
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In Sütterlin script.
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This document is water-damaged.