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- 27 September 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 in the Netherlands. Günther reports that he had to leave all of his things behind. He and his comrades were having their Sunday coffee and cake in town when they were suddenly called to flying duty and had to rush back to the air base. The motors of their machines had already been started, and there was just enough time to get changed. In less than 30 minutes, they were on their way to the Netherlands. There, the machines were immediately prepared for their next flight, but then nothing happened. They are still waiting for their next flying duty. A few days ago, Günther received the wedding cake from Hella’s mother and shared it with his two roommates. However, he still has not received a letter from Hella. He wonders if she is too busy to think about her poor Günther and threatens to get back at Hella by not sending her any more chocolate. He hopes a letter will be waiting for him when he gets back to Greifswald, or he will be very upset. With envelope.
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- German
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In Sütterlin script.
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This document is water-damaged.