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- 28 January 1943 (Creation)
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2 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 Charlottenburg, Berlin. Hella is tired from working hard, but nevertheless is sitting down to write a reply to his last two letters. She teases Günther that lack of sleep is a sign of getting old. She congratulates him on passing his training on the Heinkel He111 transport/bomber plane. She was unable to do her swimming exam as she had a cold. She had an argument with her father yesterday as they both hold different political views. She got a 4 for her French work. She says some people just seem to be luckier than others and she counts Günther among them. She asks him for a tip on how to get more luck. She returns greetings from her parents. Her mother’s gall bladder is playing up. Apologises for her messy handwriting but she is tired. With envelope.
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- German