Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (1944-01-12) letter no. 223 (1944-02-14) next letter (1944-02-17) envelope: front back text blankenburg, february 14, 1944. My dearest mother! this is my first letter to you, my dearest mother, after our four happy weeks together. I arrived safely in b. This morning at 12:30 a. M. And had to run around from one place to another all day. Now i've done the most important things and met several comrades from outside. This morning i had a "nice" activity - please don't laugh, i had to "scrub" - well, you can imagine my joy. But it wasn't much and the others had to shovel snow outside, so i had it even better. Everything is white here and it is snowing heavily. The area is very beautiful, almost like the vienna woods! in the afternoon we all went to the photographer because we had to put a passport photo in our soldier's book. It was [a quick photographer, well, you can imagine the drama. ]. Date: 14 February 1944.
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