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- 6 November 1944 (Creation)
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6 pp.
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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 Hans in an unknown location. The letter begins with a long discussion about the difficulties in getting post. Hans has just received four letters in a bundle from Hella and some other letters from July. Things are much different now from what he had expected, and many of his comrades have sacrificed their lives. He quickly ends this line of thought by asking why dwell on such things when they are living in the present and not the past. He gave Hella’s [landlady?] a pot of honey and the woman was so delighted she nearly through her arms around his neck. They then sat on the terrace together until 10 pm. The lady portrayed Hella in glowing terms, for instance that she always went to bed on time. Hans was glad it was dark and she could not see his amusement. His leave was short but long enough to make two people happy. When he thinks of their future together he paints it brightly. He is sending Hella a parcel in the same post as the letter.
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- German