Letter from Barbara Klimkowska to Maria Łotysz (Maryla Łotyszówna), dated 4.03.1941 - manuscript, written in black ink on the front of a postcard, in Polish. The letter was written in Równe. On the reverse of the card, in the upper left corner, there is the USSR emblem, next to it - a stamp with the inscription: “R. Równe. No 48/2” (the number has been handwritten), in the upper right corner there is a postage stamp overprint with image of a woman and an incomplete postmark. The reverse side bears the details of the addressee and the sender. Underneath the addressee's details is the stamped number 946982. In the centre of the card there is a round red stamp of the Third Reich.
Full letter content:
"Równe, 4.3.41.
My dearest, sweetest Mary!
A second ago I received your card, written from the office. I write back [immediately] and I have this feeling as if we were talking a moment ago. After receiving your card, I immediately felt brighter, better in spirit - I am full of enthusiasm and energy. Mary, I'm exercising my strong will and I'm succeeding a little, in view of which I promise you that [whatever] conditions are, we will [definitely] see each other. Marylka, if you also believe this, nothing can resist the will of two people who love each other and who are young. I miss you so, I miss you [-] I am so alone. But it's nothing[,] Mary - we'll harden our characters, and when we meet again[,] we'll say we didn't waste our youth. You will know more practically, I will know more theoretically, but our feelings will be shared. I will write you a long letter soon. Give everyone a heartfelt kiss at home from your loving Bibi. Write to me often. I received a card from Gdynia from Niunia Królówna. Think of me and how strongly I love you I always, always will.
Your Baśka
[2nd page]
[Addressed to:]
Германия. General Gouvernament
Люблин - Lublin
Kapucyńska 5/2
Maria Łotysz
[Sender:]
B. Klimkowska, Z.S.R.R., Równe, ul. Cicha 30
В. Климковская. С.С.С.Р., Ровно, Тихая 30"
prepared by Monika Harchut
