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From Hella in Berlin, Neuwestend. She is going to continue to be good and reply to his letter immediately. However school is about to start and then Günther may have to wait for letters as she will have to do her school work. She makes a comment about the Luftwaffe bombing in Belgrade at Easter. She spent Easter at home. They had relatives over to visit. She went to see the film Die verkaufte Braut. She liked this film, but was disappointed with the film Maria Stuart which she saw a few days earlier. Recently she has found quite a few films disappointing. She bemoans her laziness when it comes to school work and is already looking forward to the Whitsun holidays. Recently Hella’s class went on a rainy walk from Wannsee to Potsdam and enjoyed making fun of their ‘class daddy’. Hella asks why Günther’s letters only refer to the pleasant side of his posting, and never to his duties which she is sure he must have. She asks if he knows how long he will stay there. Her family thank him for his greetings and her father accepts Günther’s news about stamps and tobacco. It is late and Hella is cold and so is going to bed. With envelope.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin. She is writing again to apologise for having annoyed Günther. She thought he would have known her better and realised that she did not mean it badly. With envelope.

From Günther at the officers’ quarters somewhere near Belgrade. Günther carried a letter for Hella around for three days but never got the chance to mail it, so he is writing a new one. It makes him sad to hear that she is always so disappointed when no letter from him is in the mail. It takes him a long time to finish a letter because he gets distracted so easily. Günther hopes they will be able to spend time together in a couple of weeks since writing letters is getting boring. It will be his last holiday in Berlin before his deployment, and he wants her to make sure she will be in town. Günther will arrive between the beginning and the middle of June. He saves whatever he can to spoil Hella when they see each other. With envelope.

From Günther at the officers’ quarters somewhere near Belgrade. Günther takes the opportunity to write to Hella while his comrades are still at dinner. Sometimes he is so bored that he goes to bed earlier than necessary. Today, he even mended his socks, which he usually would not do. Yesterday, he tried swimming again, but it did not go too well. She may have to give him lessons if he does not improve soon. He can keep himself above water for a while, but not for too long, and there always has to be someone to watch him. When things look bad, Günther looks at the stars. He has become quite the astronomer. They learn the basics in celestial navigation class. The weird names of the stars are the worst part since learning vocabulary has never been his strong suit. But Günther does not believe that there is anybody who only has strengths and no weaknesses. He has to finish the letter because his comrades are back and seem to want to lose at cards. He asks Hella if she would prefer him to lose instead because of the proverb [lucky at cards, unlucky in love]. He would be happy to keep losing if it meant getting what he loves. With envelope. Water-damaged.

From Hella in Charlottenburg, Berlin, addressed to Munich. Hella is enjoying her free time though her mother is sick. Günther does not like it in Ingoldstadt and Hella hopes that in a few days his duty there will be over and he will get something better. She asks if he knows where he will be stationed next but guesses it will be somewhere far from Berlin. Hella asks if his stomach is better. She is sorry that he is not getting good food and hopes he will soon get used to not having roast pork. Hella will be eating duck and red cabbage for her dinner today. Hella plans to darn tights in the afternoon. She has as yet been unable to fulfil his wish that she think about him at night time as she came home late last night, but she now has plenty of time to daydream. With envelope.

Envelope containing two letters from Hella in Binz, Rügen. In the first letter, Hella is having a lovely holiday sunbathing and wishes Günther could also be there. The journey there had a few difficulties. They were at the station three hours before departure and so got good seats. She was impressed by the journey over the Rügendamm and the view from there of Stralsand. On arrival they found they could not all stay together at the place they had originally booked so they booked into another place. It is lovely but the neighbours are not. On one side there is a KLV [Kinderlandverschickung] home [for evacuated children] and on the other is an SS recreational home. However, they are out all day every day so this is not really a problem. They nearly had to go home on the second day as they did not have a ‘holiday certificate’. Hella had to write to the Kreigseinsatzstelle (War Office) to ask for a statement assuring their importance to the war effort. She is certain this will come through. In the second letter, Hella has an upset tummy from drinking too much buttermilk and followed by a lot of swimming. At 2 am last night she went for a walk in her dressing gown with a friend. She has been here for 14 days and the time has flown as she has really enjoyed in. She learnt from his mother that Günther has been stationed in Mecklenburg for four weeks and hopes that soon he will be able to return to Holland as he wants. She is sorry to have missed his short visit to Berlin. Yesterday she received not only a letter from him, but also a letter Hella had sent to Ingolstadt. She will send it on to Günther with this letter. In the bad weather they go walking. Recently they went on a walk towards Sellin but had to turn back as there were so many SS. Today they have been forbidden to go on the beach because of the threat of planes.

From Günther in Parchim. He was in Berlin again today, but it was very early in the morning and only for a short time, so it did not make sense for him to leave the train station. Even if he had had more time, he would have thought twice about going to Tempelhof again because the five days of holiday he spent there the other week were boring enough for his taste. He missed Hella a lot while he was there on holiday. Günther enjoyed being stationed in the Netherlands. Since he knows so many different card games, it was easy for him to fit in, and he even got to know one of the commanders better, whose last name happens to be Jung, just like Günther’s last name, just without the -e at the end. Günther wonders what the four weeks in Mecklenburg will be like. He hopes he will be sent back to the Netherlands afterward because a lot of work awaits them there. He wishes Hella a fun holiday with her friends. With envelope.

From Günther in Parchim. He points out that he misspelled Parchim in his previous letter, which is why he sends Hella another one. He does not want her to think that he is an idiot. Günther thanks Hella for sending some nice weather his way. He has settled in comfortably in Parchim. Four lieutenants share one barrack room, but the rooms are cozy. 400 Nachrichtenhelferinnenanwärterinnen (female news helper candidates) live in the same block, which is nice for a change, but Günther assures Hella that he only has eyes for her and that she has nothing to worry about. In the evening, he and a few comrades want to go into town and watch ‘Minna.’ Unfortunately, some higher-ranking men will accompany them, which means that they have to behave. Günther suggests that she should visit him on her way home. He could take some time off and save as much money as possible to spoil Hella. With envelope.

From Günther in Parchim. It is hard for Günther to concentrate on his letter because one of his comrades plays the harmonica very loudly and poorly. When he received her two letters yesterday and today, he did not notice that a photo of her was included, and it fell onto the floor. He was very surprised when a girl handed it to him in the mess hall. He almost does not recognise Hella in the photo and asks her if she does not think that she overdid it [sunbathing] because one could question whether she is really an Aryan. He also complains that she is depicted as too small in the photo and that her legs are cut off. He prefers reality over a photo. While a week ago a visit from Hella would have been nice, and he easily could have taken some time off, things have changed in the meantime. Several generals came and had numerous meetings, and now everything is much stricter. They have to get up at 5 a.m. and go to the airfield without breakfast because the Mess only opens at 7 a.m. Günther cannot go to Berlin to visit Hella either because they could be deployed anytime. He feels bad because he cannot make her wish come true. He wishes Hella a safe trip home and apologises for the difficult readability of his letter as his pen ran out of ink. With envelope.

From Günther in Hamburg. Günther assures Hella that he was very sad too when he learned that she would have visited him since he could have taken some time off after all. Because they were flying at night, they had the afternoon prior and the morning after their flying duty off. He also told his parents, who wanted to visit him for an entire week, not to come. Günther and his comrades had the afternoon off but soon regretted going into town. Parchim was full of refugees from Hamburg who looked at the members of the German Air Force with hateful eyes, asking, ‘What are you doing here? Why are you not in the air seeking revenge for us?’ Günther upset his stomach by drinking a beer that was too cold, and now he cannot enjoy the delicious food they get on Sundays. He wants to know when Hella is going to Thuringia. He hopes sooner rather than later because he believes that Berlin will soon be a very dangerous place. He would feel better if she was somewhere safe. He finishes his letter by wishing her a pleasant journey to her military service post and sending greetings to her parents and Gisela. With envelope.