Category: Hertha
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1944-09-30
Reporting on the speed of mail delivery, Bill notes that the most recent letter took just 9 days. Again, he says there is little to write about. He then complains that their beer ration, which had been cut to 3 bottle per week, was now cut all together (no doubt related to the up-coming mission).…
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1944-09-28
Mr. Marcus was a friend of Bill’s parents (my grandparents). He and his wife were from Germany. My Grandfather and Mr. Marcus worked for the same company. When Bill left Toronto in November 1943, he spent a night at the Marcus’s home in Detroit. He said then, Mrs. Marcus didn’t speak much English. Bill then…
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1944-09-26
In an earlier mail exchange, Bill had advocated numbering letters so that each side could see if any letter was missing. Here he starts off reporting he’s missing two letters from them. He then talks about how some soldiers are setting up their own businesses, selling any number of things. He then continues with more…
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1944-09-23
Bill starts by noting he has not received a letter in 6 days. He regularly complains about mail service, but I suspect it is less about the service and more about the desire to stay in touch. In today’s army, they would all be on social media and in constant communications. He then observes that…
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The Night of Terror in Leipzig
December 4, 1943. In the spring of 1943, the victorious German armies had already suffered their first serious defeats, which indicated that the war would end badly for Germany. Most of the major cities had been largely destroyed by bombs from Allied squadrons. Leipzig was one of the few exceptions. Although we went to the…