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From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She is sorry to have missed his phone call on Sunday and is sorry to hear of the damage done to his parents’ house in the bombing. She hopes that the house can be repaired. The Tommy scouts came during the day yesterday, but unfortunately the all-clear sounded early enough for Hella to have to go to school. Her mother has packed up their valuables and put them in the cellar to protect them from bombing. But in the cellar they are not safe from robbers. When he rang she was at a friend’s. Yesterday she went to see the film Sophienlund and found it to be too idealistic but very amusing. Tonight she is going to a German poetry evening. Will Quadflieg from the Schiller Theatre will be reading work by Hölderlin, Fichte, Nietsche, Binding, Goethe, Schiller etc. Hella says that Quadflieg is a heartthrob for young girls and even she liked him before the ‘grey times’. She asks if he has heard anything about where he will next be stationed. With envelope.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She teases Günther both that his colleagues seems to be very observant about his mail and that he has shown them a picture of her. His picture is positioned in her room so it is the first thing that people see when they come in. Yesterday she missed school and spent her pocket money on ice cream. Once again her mother had to forward her next month’s money. There was no school today and Hella went swimming. At first she was the only female in the pool. The remaining occupants were men who looked like they were in the military. Hella decided to show them what she could do and ended up banging her head on the side of the pool. If the final exams were not coming up soon, and therefore school was cancelled more often, Hella would just consist of bruises. The letter is continued on 22 March 1943. Hella had a busy weekend and so did not finish her letter. She went to see the film 5000 Mark Belohnung. She justifies watching films and reading books that are ‘kitsch’ by stating that they help her to appreciate quality films and literature. A friend came to see her on Sunday who was very excited at passing her leaving exams. Hella got a 3 for a class essay but is dreading the maths test tomorrow which will show just how much school she has been missing. A call was sent out for volunteer lifesavers so that those in charge of the swimming pools could go on holiday. Hella volunteered but has yet to be asked to do anything. With envelope.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Although Günther’s letter took a long time to reach her she is going to reply immediately. She puts this down to his good influence. She apologises for not coming to meet him at the station. She had intended to but became unsure when she heard he was not travelling alone. Finally she felt too lazy to get out of bed and get dressed and go down to the station. She promises that this will never happen again should the opportunity arise. Hella comments that he seems to be really enjoying his time in France and that she is jealous of all the new things he is able to experience. Things are going better for Hella and she is becoming very brown. Hella reports back that her first night on air raid duty went well though she was tired afterwards. With envelope.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She is attaching a pictorial joke which she saw in a newspaper yesterday and wanted to share it with Günther. Hella is now having to get used to the idea of going back to school. They are given a lot of lectures about redeployment but as yet no firm plans have been revealed. If the weather stays nice Hella does not plan to be in school often. Hella’s mother has just given her a large portion of ice cream. On 1 May she went for a walk with her parents and some friends in the Grunewald. On Sunday morning she went to a special exhibition on Michelangelo in the Mamorhaus. In the evening she went to the cinema with her parents to see Münchausen which she really liked and recommends that Günther should go and see it if he gets the chance. School started on Monday so there is not much news and Hella finishes her letter. With envelope.

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.

Letter from Helena Moloney, 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin to Miss Daly, making inquiries after Kathleen Clarke and expressing thanks for a parcel sent to her while in prison.

Letter from Helena Moloney, 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin to Miss Daly, thanking her for supplies of food and clothes sent from Limerick to Dublin for Republican prisoners.

Letter from Helen Atteridge, 3 Killowen Villas, Isleworth, Near London to Mary Alden Childers relating to a visit Atteridge made to Limerick as part of the White Cross and the Dalys’ on-going problems with the British forces in Limerick.

Letter from Harry Clarke [?], Hotel Regina, rue Gassion, Pau, [France], mainly giving news of his travels.

Letter to Walsh from Harrison Leussler, Houghton Mifflin Company, 500 Howard Street, San Francisco, California. Refers to the death of [Eugene Manlove] Rhodes on 27 June. Rhodes ‘never kept notes while planning out a story’ and so did not leave any manuscript ‘for future publication’. He had been working on a book entitled ‘Old Timers’. It is hoped that his widow will write a biography based partly on that work. Leussler wishes to collect as many letters he wrote as possible for use in the biography and requests that Walsh would send them to Mary Rhodes who will later return them.