12 June 1944
Darling, my sweet wife!
To the beginning of my letter, I want to remind you that we are together for 11 months today. That is really long, right Darling. And I still love you so much I can not think of something else than you, I love you my sweet wife. I can’t live without you. The hope, that we will experience the big happiness and we can live together for many years.
My Darling, last night I got both of your letters from June 2nd and 4th and I am very shocked about the Death from our Mommy Angele. We owe her so much and I just want to thank her for that. How sad it is that we can not visit her anymore. I hope she had a great time with us and she was happy to have 2 grown up kids. We remember her in a good way. For us she will still be mommy Angele and we will talk about her a lot. Can you send her family a short letter of condolence, the best way would be to the address that is in the obituary.
And moreover I want to answer your letters. But first I have a request, can you please numerate your letters, I think I don’t get all of your letters. And then I know it for sure.
You wonder about the card games here. Darling that’s completely unnecessary, because we don’t play for high stakes, so 1 German Mark is a lot. Furthermore we put all the money we get together in one check, so we can buy cigarettes, drinks, or something like that. So the treasury is good for everyone.
And I can’t play Knack (German Card Game) at all, because I
don’t have nay money. I gave 60 German Mark to a man who went to
But ___ ____ ____, I don’t spend the money for unnecessary things. It’s very sad that all the letters which would have been sent to the old address completely came back. Maybe it works with the packet, because by now they know your number. At least it would be good for me if I would get something different then the catering I get here. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _____ _____ but the advantage is that all my pants fit.
To tell you a story of my life; yesterday my good fountain pen broke. I can not fill it up anymore, and now I always have to ___. I already got a new one, but it is only for emergencies, because the feather is way to sharp. And I distend from the _____ again, and I’ll replace the director for 8 – 10 days in the 5th battery. Even when I have to walk a lot, at night I have some peace and quiet and I can write you as long as I want.
And if I get long letters from my Darling I could write even longer letters!
And now, what else can I write? I know something else but when I always write you the same you’ll get bored and fall asleep during reading my letters. And when you are sleeping, you can’t write and that is not what I want. Or do you think the same I do and you want the same in every letter. Hmm? So you like radio and voice apparatus. ____ I should show that to the public, maybe there somewhere will be a big inventor, who is also fallen in love, and who is building an apparatus. And do you know why I would turn it on every night before you go to bed, so I can see your fuzzy-head and then fall asleep very happy. There is only one problem and when I think about it, I have to ask myself, how someone can handle that. To see there lovely wife every night, talk to her but he can not feel her. Darling, that would be too hard for us, what should I do with all the wishes I have? There is only one solution for us, because we love each other so much, we have to be together as soon as possible.
Everything else is not working, always for only half an hour, we have to see each other, talk to each other, and feel each other; and this is only working if we have each other.
My sweet Darling, you see I try everything possible, but at the end it’s always the same. I have to come to you, I don’t want to wait till September, I can not handle this anymore. You, I love you so much, everything in me is asking for you, for the love of my lovely wife. I have to lie next to you and feel you, just what I love to do, because I am happy when I know my Darling is happy too. In my mind I hold your lovely face with in my hand and kiss your lips. Can you feel my [love] Darling? Do you know how much I miss you?
You are always on my mind,
Always with you
Georg Karl