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- 27 August 1950 (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 Bill in Wheatley. Bill wishes Hella a happy birthday. A present has been sent with the letter which appears to be a book by Rilke, something for her to read whilst she is in hospital. His mother sends her regards and is sending something from London. He did not want to send a big present which she would have to bring over again and the present is late as it was difficult to get it. He appears to be back at school and is finding it hard work and is tired when they return to camp. Bill is pleased to report that the instructor thinks he is quite good. He thanks her for her last letter and is pleased her BSR is back to normal. He apologises for not sending greetings to Gisela before. It was simply an oversight. This will be the first of Hella’s birthdays they have not celebrated together since they met. He thanks her for loving him. He has brought his bicycle to Wheatley and hurt his knee while riding it. With envelope.
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- English