My dear Lorle,
I was very happy to receive your letter with Mama’s letter on Friday, especially that I got mail from Mama and news from her about all the things that have happened. I immediately forwarded the letter to Margot so that she will get it right away. What have you heard about my joining you?
My dear Lorle,
Yesterday I received your letter with the usual great pleasure. I am fine and I hope the same with you.
My dear Manfred,
The news that I have to tell you this week are not so good. Mama and Hugo were shipped off yesterday. Hugo was here Friday evening. He told me that if he does not come any more, then he is gone, and today I received a letter that this is so. They say, first to a collecting Camp in the Paris area, where they will all be sent. Nobody knows what will happen next.
My dear Manfred,
I got mail from Margot and Lorle but not yet from you. I sure hope that you are in good health. Or are you anxiously anticipating your trip as you will soon join Lorle, according to her letter.
My dear children Lorle and Manfred,
My fountain pen goes on strike quite often so that I have to shake it, and after I have shaken it, it writes heavier. See above.[1] I was very happy to receive your letter this morning. I haven’t received anything yet from Margot this week, I hope that she is still there. However, she made a mistake when she looked at the calendar and thinks that Rosh Hashana is on the 21st of the month, that was so last year.
My dear children,
Today I want to take your letter of the 18th. in hand, so that I can answer your questions in detail. Your letter arrived yesterday afternoon. We had Yom Kippur yesterday. There was a religious service in the central ward with much skipping and therefore many recesses. Out of respect for the establishment, there couldn’t be any loud praying, on the other side there was hammering and loud talking and other noises, so that one had to pay attention to understand the Cantor. I fasted till noon, many did not fast at all and only a few fasted the whole day.
Dear Children,
I got the news from Sally today, Friday afternoon, that the bag left Rivesaltes on the 12th, addressed to you (Lorle).