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<opener><address><addrLine>Theodor Falkenstein</addrLine>
    <addrLine>1556 HIGH STREET</addrLine>
        <addrLine>GLEN IRIS.</addrLine>      
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<dateline>Melbourne, den 31.8.44</dateline>
<salute>Meine Lieben!</salute></opener>

<p>Heute möchte ich Euch allen zum kommenden neuen
Jahre meine herzlichsten Glückwünsche senden.
Möge Euch das neue Jahr nur alles Gute bringen.
Hoffentlich seid Ihr, liebe Käte und Alfred,
wieder ganz auf dem Posten. Ich habe auch über 
3 Wochen in der Fabrik gefehlt. Ich war stark
erkältet, bekam dann Hexenschuss und anschliessend
Ischias. Ich habe nicht gedacht, dass ich
wieder meine Arbeit werde machen können, gottlob
es geht wieder, ich kann wieder ganz gut 8 1/2 St.
täglich stehend arbeiten, komme aber sehr müde
heim. Für heute Schluss seid alle recht herzl.
gegrüsst von Eurem
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<closer><signed>Theodor Falkenstein
                    <unclear>Theod</unclear></signed></closer>
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<div2><salute><opener>Meine Lieben!</opener></salute>

<p>Auch Ich möchte Euch alles Gute zum
neuen Jahr wünschen, vor allem Gesundheit.
Wir haben inzwischen auch eine
Wohnung gefunden und werden am
21. Oktober heiraten. Das Flat besteht aus
2 Zimmern, Küche und Bad, und das
Speisezimmer ist schon komplett, das
Schlafzimmer wird bis dahin auch fertig
sein. Herzliche Grüße an Euch alle,</p>
<closer>                               <salute> Euer</salute>
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    <addrLine>1556 HIGH STREET</addrLine>
        <addrLine>GLEN IRIS.</addrLine>      
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<dateline>Melbourne, August 31, 1944</dateline>
<salute>My dear ones!</salute></opener>

<p>Today I would like to send you all my warmest
wishes for the coming New Year.
May the New Year bring you nothing but good things.
I hope you, dear Käte and Alfred,
are back on your feet again. I was also
away from the factory for over 3 weeks. I had a
bad cold, then got lumbago, and
after that sciatica. I didn’t think I’d
be able to go back to work, but thank God
I’m back on my feet; I’ve been able to work
standing up for 8 1/2 hours a day,
but I come home very tired. That’s all for today—warmest
greetings from your
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<closer><signed>Theodor Falkenstein
                    <unclear>Theod</unclear></signed></closer>
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<div2><opener><salute>My dear friends!</salute></opener>

<p>I, too, would like to wish you all the best for the
New Year, especially good
health. We have also found an
apartment in the meantime and will be
getting married on October 21. The apartment has
two rooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom; the
dining room is already complete, and the
bedroom will also be finished
by then. Warm regards to all of you,
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<salute>Yours,</salute>
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