Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (10/18/1944) letter no. 289 (10/19/1944) next letter (10/23/1944) bad gandersheim, 10/19/1944. My beloved mum! first of all, warm greetings. You did receive my card, and today the promised letter. I was very worried to hear that there had been another attack on vienna. If only you stayed healthy then i'll be happy! from what you wrote about the attack on october 7, there must have been a lot going on then. And the '20s villa, which was so close by, must have been shaking quite a bit. It always gives me a pang when i hear that they were back in our lovely, beautiful vienna. My thoughts are always full of worry about how you are and whether everything is ok. I can't imagine that our city will now look like all the other cities in the reich. Only yesterday we went to the train station to pick up refugees from braunschweig. They are all poor people, they have lost everything. This misery must end. Many people claim that things will soon be remedied. We hope that this is true [miracle weapon]. We just have to trust in god! Date: 19 October 1944.
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