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- 26 September 1943 (Creation)
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8 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 Crimmitschau. She feels like a long time has passed since she said goodbye to Günther. She puts this down to him not writing so often and it being boring in Crimmitschau. She is trying to alleviate feeling blue by thinking of happier times such as Gisela’s wedding or her birthday four weeks ago which Günther managed to attend. She discusses money that Günther gave her and thanks him for a parcel of goodies. Parents are coming to visit her the coming weekend. The food in Crimmitschau is at least good and plentiful. She thinks the cigarettes Günther has offered would be very useful for bartering. With envelope.
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- Gearmáinis