No. 38
12.15.39
My dear son!
This letter contains a 2 RM [Reichsmark] stamp as postage. It is part of a new series. I will use
the other 13 in the series on successive letters. Also, I just got the last Reich’s Party stamp. Your letter No. 39, dated 11.26., arrived yesterday.
No. 37 still hasn’t arrived and seems to have gotten lost. 4 days ago, a postcard from
the exhibition arrived signed by Dore Rapp. Of course, in the meantime, you have left Miss Dore, you Casanova. We were very happy with the content of your last letter. It is nice to be acknowledged by strangers, even just to have hopes to become self-employed someday. How Muttel and I would love to help you then and be by your side. For now, we will keep this hope alive. In the meantime, Alfred’s condition has been declared as perfectly healthy by the doctors. But he must participate in a rest and recovery program lasting until May 7th, unless his suffering changes by some chance. A. is happy about the course of the illness and so are his relatives. Everything that could be done has been tried. We heard from an acquaintance that your letters to the Course were received well. We live as always. Beginning January, I will start taking English lessons and will try my best to get ahead. I had asked you to always include a hello for Lachmanns, why don’t you do me that little favor? We just received two messages in a row via L. They are having their lifts delivered which were still at the local harbor. They want to rent a little house. I don’t know what it is that Alfred is starting.
I hope you will meet Mr. Bartenstein soon. I would be very interested to hear about
your conversation with him.
Take care, and don’t let us wait too long for news from you. It is always a special day for us
when we receive mail from you.
Warmest regards and kisses,
Your Vatel
My beloved son!
We received your lovely letter and were very happy that you are doing well and arehealthy. We are
healthy and doing well too. Today was the first really cold day, 4 degrees [Celsius], but we have a nice warm apartment and feel very cozy. So far, we haven’t had any snow or ice. Do they celebrate Christmas like they do over here? We get news from Suse every 14 days now. Both have bicycles and write that they are doing well. It is a nice sign of trust to have a strange gentleman offer you credit, and it shows that your work is being appreciated. I’m glad that you found another nice apartment. You ought to feel comfortable in the few hours that you are off from work. Tworogen came by for coffee the other day and send their best. Mrs. Hanna Brauer who stayed in Dresden wrote to us recently and let us know that she hasn’t received any message from her kids that they have landed safely. Dear Henry, why don’t you ever say hello to Uncle and Aunt and Aunt Hanna? We spend a lot of time together with L.’s and have become very close. Both of us are glad that we live here together. We heard the other day that you’ve written lovely letters to the Course, and that they appreciated them a lot there. Are you speaking fluently now? Have you spoken to Walter L. in person or only via letter? Please say hello. I hope you have nice holidays.
Warmest regards and kisses,
wishing you the very best,
with tender love,
your Muttel.