Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (1934-11-20) letter date (1934-11-24) next letter (1935-01-03) you will get the picture you requested from the wörle family as soon as it is taken! pegi has not had time to get it yet. As far as i know, the following have written to the wörle family so far: the little black boy, the big hansl, engertweiser [???] fritz, the green hansl, erich and halabala. The others have disappeared as if they had died. Here in ehenbichl, school does not start until october 1st. The children still have it good, don't they, hansi! you must study very hard this winter, dear little black boy, so that you will one day become a very good austrian! work hard, especially in "german"; that is probably your weakest point. Learn to write perfectly and correctly; you certainly have good talent. And becoming a great, good austrian would be the best thing for you, wouldn't you, my dear boy! just think of dr. Dollfuß, how he grew up so big from a small beginning! your schools in vienna were very bad because of the glöckelreform [vienna school reform]. Now that they are "renovating", try to make up for what you have missed! thank god, in the countryside, they haven't always followed glöckl's curriculum exactly; that's why country children can pass the entrance exams for higher schools much more easily. Don't you think, hansi, that i mean well by you and you follow my advice! - you would like to know whether it has snowed in the mountains yet! since you left here, no snow has fallen on the mountain pastures either. The weather has been changeable throughout, you are undertaking. Date: 24 September 1934.
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