Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (1943-05-05) letter no. 169 (1943-05-30) next letter (1943-06-16) east, 30. 5. 43. My beloved mum! yesterday your lovely field post letter from 23. 5. 43 arrived. Thank you very much for that. The 1 kg parcel has also arrived. Thank you very much for that too. My little package has already arrived and i thought you would be pleased. The large package has already arrived too. Enjoy it! i also got a package from fählers. I once asked siegi for some stationery and now one package after the other is arriving with stationery. The weekly review comes out very irregularly and sometimes doesn’t arrive at all. Unfortunately i don’t have the swimming trunks yet and i’m really looking forward to them. Your dream made me laugh; yes, it was a wonderful time. So you're going to have a rest, i'm very happy about that, you can at least relax a little. I'm sitting here in our front garden and writing to you, it's nice and warm outside. It's a real sunday atmosphere, everything here is quiet and peaceful. From the distance you can hear a harmonica playing and a few russians singing. It's afternoon, most of our comrades are asleep. There's no sign of the war here. Last night there was a lot of activity here, people were singing, dancing and celebrating. How different it is here to the front. On friday there were mercenary tenders again, i shared them out with the sergeants and then took them to the front alone. It was a real hello when i got there [the lads had all run out of cigarettes. ]. Date: 30 May 1943.
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