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From Hella in Berlin. Apparently Günther became quite angry when Hella’s letters went missing in the post and he thought she had not written. She talks about a terrier Günther has got. Her birthday is coming up and she talks about her plans. She really misses him. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. This time Hella is genuinely sick with a bad cold and is in the 'sick room’. There are three others in the room with her and they are hoping no one else joins them. Hella passed her school leaving exam for athletics. It was difficult as she was not feeling well. She sympathises with Günther needing to sleep a lot and gives him advice on how to deal with depressive thoughts. Hella is finding it difficult that there is so little provision for private space. There is a rumour that the 8th class will return to Berlin at the beginning of November. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She had a sleepless night and wanted to get up and write to Günther but that would have disturbed the others. Now it is daytime and she cannot remember what she wanted to write. She thanks him for a parcel he sent and replies to comments in his letter. She reports where she is sitting writing the letter and that she is feeling happier. She has become the comforter to those around her who are distressed, but says there is no one there to comfort her. She asks if she can bring her troubles to Günther. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She agrees that she should use Feldpost rather than waste money on stamps. She is spending her money on apples and managing to get them without using her ration card. They won’t be returning to Berlin. It proved to be just a rumour. She suggests Günther could use some of his leave to visit her. She hopes to get home to Berlin for 2 to 3 days around Christmas. They don’t get holidays, so Hella hopes to achieve this through a letter from the doctor. She accepts his apologies for eating the chocolate, saying he needs it more than her, but as a small punishment can write more often to her as this is the thing that brings her the most happiness these days. She thanks him for saving tobacco for her father and agrees that they should wait until Christmas before giving it. She asks how parcels etc. can be sent to him via field post. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She has received a letter that Günther wrote on 1 December. She hopes that his visit will make up for the lack of his newsy correspondence. He will have to come to visit her as she cannot go to Berlin or to Mrs Junge for Christmas as Günther suggested. Travel is very difficult. She also does not want to intrude on his family’s joy at having him home. Hella will be given holidays from 21 December until 5 January. It is estimated that they will be able to sit their final exams in February. Hella’s parents had already told her that Günther would be getting holidays from 28 December and also that he was in Berlin shortly after Hella was there. She leaves him to decide how to divide his holidays. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She mentions Günther’s letter from 7 December. She has just seen the film Geliebten Schatz. This is the second time she has been to the cinema since coming here. Although the holidays have started, they will get their certificates the next day. Hella has applied for permission to travel from the Dresden authorities, but still has not heard. Soon it will be too late to let Günther know by post. Günther, through comments made by Hella’s mother, has become concerned about Hella being underweight. Hella seeks to reassure him that she isn’t. She is sorry that he didn’t like the book on Cyprus. She ends by saying how much she is looking forward to seeing him, whenever that may be. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. After a difficult return journey, she arrived back only to find that the final exams would not be taking place until the end of March. This means that she won’t get a break after sitting her exams and before she has to start her ‘work conscription’. On arrival at the camp, Hella got a fever and was sent to bed. Her stomach is no longer used to the good food that her mother gave her. She is better now. On her return journey she bumped into girls from her class who had been in Berlin even though forbidden to. The journey was very slow. One woman became unwell. She is craving apples. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She thanks Günther for the parcel full of sweets etc. that he sent. She has sent the coffee beans and cigars onto her parents. She wonders what the New Year will bring. It seems so uncertain, but she hopes it will bring something good for the both of them. She believes they can both play a part in ensuring that something good happens. She relates an incident where she fell out of bed in her sleep. The accompanying envelope was returned to Hella’s Berlin address and is marked with the words Gefallen für Grossdeutschland (Fallen for Greater Germany).

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She hopes this letter will reach him punctually on his birthday. She hopes he has received the small parcel she sent. She hopes the biscuits are not too smashed. She ate a few herself. She asks him to take a moment out of his birthday celebrations to think of her. She also asks what it is like to be 20. She believes that his self-confidence must have grown with age. She thinks it would be nice if one could choose when to have a birthday, then Günther could wait until he had leave before having a birthday. She asks if everything is still working out with his holiday plans. Whether she is at school or redeployed, Hella should still be in Berlin. Though she is planning a trip to Linz with school friends and hopes that redeployment does not come in the way. That afternoon Hella is to meet up with an unknown man. Hella along with other girls in her class wrote to solders in Africa. Suddenly Hella had a letter from a tank soldier who was home in Berlin on holiday and wanted to meet her. She did not want to but her friends encouraged her. All the unknown soldiers they had written to were either dead or missing. Even Hella’s mother thought she should meet the man. The second sheet of paper is written later in the evening and starts with an account of the meeting. It was not as bad as she had feared and she had enjoyed hearing about his adventures in Africa. Hella assures Günther that he does not need to worry and can trust her. She wishes him a happy birthday from her family and again from herself. She signs off and in a postscript adds that Günther’s mother has invited her for coffee next Tuesday. With envelope.

From Hella in Binz, Rügen. There is a brief discussion as to whether to write the town Parchim with an ‘h’ or not. Hella and Günther’s mother spell the town with an ‘h’, Günther does not. She likes his idea to come and visit him and plans to do so on her return journey. However, first she wants to ask her parents for permission. She would have trouble with her case which is heavy as it contains things for Thüringen. Therefore she suggests Günther comes to Binz. That evening they hope to see ‘our ships’ [presumably the German navy] on a night practise. Earlier in the evening there was evening entertainment at the spa hotel staged by the H. J. (Hitler Jugend, Hitler Youth) for the DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreutz, German Red Cross). It made a nice change. With envelope.