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- 4 November 1947 (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 Hella in London to her sister Gisela. Hella has been thinking about Gisela but not written as she has been sick for the last three weeks. Hella is glad her sister has turned to her for help, especially as their mother is no longer with them. Hella encourages her by saying that Gisela has always been the strong one and hopes that Karli and the children are thankful to her for this. It seems that Gisela has reached the end of her nerves and is finding it hard to cope. They hope that her financial worries will soon be over. Bill is asking if they can send some money over. Hella is sending 20DM with this letter which is for Gisela’s own use. With envelope.
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- German