Letter from Barbara Klimkowska to Maria Łotysz (Maryla Łotyszówna), dated 28.10.1940. - 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 emblem of the USSR, in the right corner is a postage stamp print with an image of a woman, on which a postmark can be seen. Underneath there is a black stamp with the inscription “Ab”. Two incomplete stamps are visible at the upper edge of the card. There are two red Third Reich stamps (barely visible) at the lower edge. The reverse side bears the details of the addressee and sender written partly in Cyrillic. At the left edge of the card, visible notations of numbers in pencil.
Full letter content:
"Równe, 28.10.40
My dearest Marylka!
Again, a month goes by and again I write to you. I suppose I will soon [...] get a message from you. I received a card from Masza Wielbińska (Litzmannstadt cz. Aleksandrowo, Deutsches Reich, Fontanestr. 27/18. Danuta Wielbińska). I also gave her your address. How are you, sweet Mary, how are the Parents, Terenia, the little ones? I was ill for a full two weeks: flu with complications and a leg sprain. Everything is fine now, but for a change Jola is lying in bed. Probably also a flu. The parents are healthy, greetings to you all. I study a lot, I am president of the all-school Red Cross and of the Polish language and drama club. I am now undergoing v. interesting sanitation training. I am in a state of silent war with my class: for I defend my beliefs openly, and our class is not very friendly. Write Mary, I will also write soon. Give my love to the Parents, kisses to Renia and the boys (from Jola too).
Lots of kisses, Baśka.
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[Addressee:]
Германия, Люблин - Lublin
ul. Zlota 1/3
Łotyszówna Maria.
[Sender:]
B. Klimkowska, Z.S.R.R. Równe, ul. Cicha 30
В. Климковская, С.С.С.Р., Ровно, Тихая 30"
prepared by Monika Harchut
