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From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Hella is delighted that her time teaching at the school as part of her war duty is over. Her school is leaving Berlin, but nobody is clear as to where exactly they will be sent. Hella is busy packing her things and enjoying some free time to catch up with mail. She would like Günther to write more often. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She feels like a long time has passed since she said goodbye to Günther. She puts this down to him not writing so often and it being boring in Crimmitschau. She is trying to alleviate feeling blue by thinking of happier times such as Gisela’s wedding or her birthday four weeks ago which Günther managed to attend. She discusses money that Günther gave her and thanks him for a parcel of goodies. Parents are coming to visit her the coming weekend. The food in Crimmitschau is at least good and plentiful. She thinks the cigarettes Günther has offered would be very useful for bartering. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She hasn’t written because she was sick or rather pretending to be so that she could have a rest in the room reserved for those unwell which was much more private and comfortable. While she was ill her friends found her pears and ate all but one. Sunday is also washing day but hot water is scarce. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She apologises for not having written and notes that since his visit to Frankfurt, Günther seems to have become quite troubled. She is surprised that he has only just noticed that morale has weakened. She hopes he recovers soon and suggests it is because he hasn’t got much to distract him. She comments on the fact that whilst they both want to read, she can’t because of lack of time and he can’t because he hasn’t got anything to read. She asks what he would like her to send him to read. She is pleased that Günther is going to try to come and visit. She is not happy at the moment and to cheer herself up is focussing on the upcoming Mountain Festival, Christmas and a visit to Hans. With envelope.

From Hella in Crimmitschau. She is delighted with the parcel of chocolate Günther sent and hopes to see him soon in Crimmitschau. She is still not sure if she will be given holidays over Christmas so that she can come to Berlin. Life in the camp is still hard. Now they are no longer allowed to whistle or play the gramophone. During the camp leaders absence one day, they all went wild with the freedom. She discusses the upcoming leaving exams. With envelope.

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.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She is home alone as the rest of her family have gone out for the evening. In the afternoon she and a female friend went for a walk along the Ku’damm [Kurfürstendamm] and into the Café Marquant for a hot drink. It was too crowded to be enjoyable. She is listening to a radio programme with Eugen Klöpfer, Maria Koppenhöfer and Margarete Klose which she is finding funny as it is so bad. She has recently become lazy at school because she is thinking about Günther so much. She finds it strange that they have only known each other for three months and yet understand each other so well. She would like to know what it would be like to quarrel with him. She asks if he is on pilot duty today and comments that the weather was good for these but asks him to be careful and remember Torgau. They are doing a lot of sport at school and the swimming instructor is demanding more from Hella than the others. With envelope.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She thanks Günther profusely for his photo. Says she tried to get a decent photo of herself for him, but when she went to the photo shop it was shut until further notice, so she couldn’t pick up the negatives until the next day. Until she can get a decent photograph she is sending him a picture from the summer. She does not have much to report aside from school news, of which she says Wenn nichts schief geht, ist in einem Jahr auch dies Martyrium überstanden (‘If nothing goes wrong, this ordeal will be over in a year’). She has returned to sport and loves swimming. On the day of writing the letter she went for a walk in Grunewald which she renames ‘Barrackwoods’. She will write again when she has time, rather than waiting for a letter from him. With envelope.

From Hella in Berlin. She encloses the long promised photo of herself and asks for an honest judgement of it. She jokes about being ‘under his finger’ and hopes the photo will cheer him up when he is down. She does not understand why he is sad that his promotion to officer candidate has been delayed and asks him to explain whether this promotion is important or not. She says that Günther must have worked hard at home during his leave and that hopefully it now looks worthy of human inhabitation and that his mother has moved in with his brother. It is not pleasant to be dependent on friends but in times of emergency anything goes. The other evening she and some friends mistook the date and ended up at a Mozart and Brahms concert instead of a poetry evening. The concert was being broadcast on radio. With envelope.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Hella is disappointed not to have received a letter from Günther yet but thinks he may need time to settle in Schleissheim. She hopes he has been able to meet up with old friends and has not had unpleasant news of them. She still enjoys remembering their holiday and has enclosed some photos from the holiday for Günther. Things have returned to normal for Hella including skipping school. She only has three days left of school and then on 17 July redeployment starts. She hopes this will not get in the way of their planned trip to Binz. Her mother thanks him for the holiday cards. They cheered her up, especially coming at the end of the month when things are usually tight. Hella has hurt her ankle and wonders if this will affect her redeployment so that she would be reassigned to ‘conditionally fit’ so that she won’t have to leave Berlin. Some of her classmates have gone on holiday without knowing when or where their redeployment will be. Hella surmises that this carefree attitude is because it is their last summer holiday. Hella has to go to the doctor every second day. She plans to read ‘love stories’ that evening to cheer herself up after not hearing from Günther. She restarts the letter on 30 June. She has had news of Günther from his mother. Hella writes how upsetting it has been for her not to hear news from Günther especially when she has made such an effort to change herself. With envelope.