Letter 115

Eastern Front May 28th 1942

Dear beloved at Home !

Its time to answer your recent letters as I had 8 parcels yesterday and 3 letters one with the Sandpaper and a few days earlier I had another 5 parcels. So thank you very much for them all. We are here in the village and we are all well. The loneliness has gone, the evenings are not so endless dark anymore. We have less time to write now, and May is already coming to an end. We are wondering what the next month will bring us and we suppose to get horses soon. We had none in our stable lately. Ours were taken for the Infantry. We like it here well, as long as there are no Bullets flying around. My bad luck is it again to maintain the heavy Gun. So with Gods help we will soon move forward again. If the saying at home is that all the men from our Army are in Russia fighting, I must say that this isa false statement, only 50 % are actually fighting the Russians, Most troops in the rear are the ones that get furlough. Gerhard is still here with me, I am glad that your spring work has all been done so I will close for now sending Greetings,

Your Heinrich’

Enclosed a few airmail stamps for fast letters to me but state LUFTPOST on the envelope.

From: Pvt Heinrich Bredemeier, FP # 10331 = Artillery Regt 117

To: Family Bredemeier, Rehren A.O. # 12, near Rinteln, Weser.