extensive letter. You Houldn'tyon ~'le;;rised uS ..'it~
......3'lc11 G. nice
:r~.t:>' --tjonc.. L.cl .1"lcL":.'1' t ~.,;ee t:l, t.
Ibrot:'ler .r: ~l '~~rr ied. Dear s is te-r-L.::e.l'l ::. ,~trOY2
r' ic~'1 e..:'fect;d Y,.~·ll~'jIL~(~) i-~ ': _ lId ~)e
te:.'rible.
1;;11[.t GL 1_ i ty the t 'lie do not knc-,'i ~e;s;.::c:,-~oLler
)12 .L~fOf.:G.J.lY. - l'le'itpr-t']e1eJ ') 1 .3~:qll
i...17l2..Ys"njoy some ''lice ~J:'lotos '~ich you senet
us,pc_l~tic1.12.__'ly 0: ~r iee::::> ;)rot"er, ,L1,~ 0': yo
__:.-.11. De'-.r sister-in-lLer, i: YO
hourus.
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le:t us to look f ran . country so from
DpaL' .3ister-in-L:.'::, ::'l.eic'2s" d'Jd nep'le,7s, nO','j I
v:ill 'i.ritesomGt~in6 ,,:')o"J.t a JTselves, ho'., '0 ..::ot on.
1. ,;'ctS .'orst of L:ll.You know ;>or11..p.::;thc,t if the Lord
loves sOnlebOc.y, ae judges, Lnc::.t~1 t is becau">-8 J
.l;Qolz;: ev.:;rytp±fl:g ':"3 -=- t ::;;J:e c:-~~T't.
;:';:;'fer~Tt~:.incin GeJ.'ma::'1Y 'T?nt '..::::-side-Clo m.. It
,::....~;re:..:lly terri.'llc:. ,,'11-:~ t' e,,'~.::';:;rol~e
ou~:-' JI"j" two d::"'''J.gllters .:i t~1the1r c'cildren '.leI'.J
evacLH.ctAdI have only tl.i.' :~rls) both of
'-~10~r:C'~re:!li:.~rried. One li'12 ....121.Dre~r.en, i.ln-':
t:",e ethel' L_ '.!ilhelmslnvem. T~e eldes t one l:~.s tl.jreeboys
2.Ged 10, 9, and. 8 Jec.:'.l'S:, ::.n:.1 t~.e j0U!lger ~ClS two
Girls c.~Ged10 .::cue: 5 ye::...rs. I '-~Ll c..lso a
gr·:.cIll...I'loti181',:'.':'- 11::.'19five grr..,-·:d-children.
Both =tT d::.::c:;hters lle.ve ::.:lr.~:..c.ylost c, ::;' LId
G:...cl1,vi~.t:o boys; ~.',c lt t~lree mOl1ths, ,.1',1 tlree ye:l'S
reJ~Jecti\T::;2..; . ,W-on::'y 1L 0i..,les.:::is t>e
c.l1lo.rell.
I ',;5.S looted on ,2,~nd December :943 in Bremen, :':'.1d.I
losteverything. Then I ;.."E,S eV2.Cl"!.2ted 2lso, I !1":' I C L'2
t8 ~T (; '111'1ren,.1-e·} .'-e'e:.~t. tot;3L::.;Y' once c... "l~C'l
is l.1.)Lvery0!1 31~!ldays I visit ~T ,~11ildren. That is
e..l",.-ay~e go dOWDt the se~ for a s~im.
fur from. t'le sea.a holidc...y, .::'18n
You ','Trite t~~-1t you ','rant t I se:...:d ll".'::: ;",
;;::","·cel. Believe me .Idon't ~':no'N':1v'- to t~:yn2::you. Dear
3ister-in-121{;> :TOU'.~rote me tolet ,TaU Y..l:.o,'J
~'!hc_t'.'.'e ~laed._ No':!~-:::'.1,.0 is .38 llIUC:'l..
,Ii!.:.te::: i....; J'u.."t:1" - _on OUI' doorstep, ':::.:1d.it
i:::: in:.1J03sible to-buy --,-.!"~yt::'Lnzas ~If.you C3.hnot get
it at 3.11, .r, • J][.!.: ShoB's c.re impossible tobuy, s.!1.:~ the
shoes t':lat ....le '~:i're Ne:.:.ring let the ',{uteI' in G,!ld
out.,3tockings are the s&me. My size 0: shoe is 42. I '1:::.'18
E~ verybro~.d foot •. TJ.12.t is the re ....•.son ',;;hy II';~." 30
sick lctst .il.l.ter, foro.bout five Llonths-, a::.-:0."L.S nrt
,-,')::"etr) ts.ke b.Ilot1:ler job. I.:loc-;tof i
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time ~e ~~lk about barefoot, or wit:l Jooden shoes. I cannot
askanything of you dear sister-in-law, nox t::li.~tyou are on your
own-..ithout a husb2nd. 1 kno-" :J.OJ lifficult it is to get by. 1
amno"r eight yec.:::s on my o.m•. 1 am.1J.nfortum...tely divorced,
but) Iam ::lot u[l...hap~yc::.bo'.1.tit. My p~st hus~)anJ. :las
also a cO"J.sin inAustralia, in Sydney. I '::ill let YOll
:..r~.!'1..O':J t:.eif a(~drd.ss, anc~ per-haps YOJ_ca"l get in
touc 1 'l,'it~_him. He vii.lJ- giv'e you any infor-matmon
apout-~Tself.
1 would like to ask Y iLlone small f,-,'lour dear s
i:?ter-in-12"1.Perhaps you ?lave got a few old curtains. I cE..nnot
ask you "
