Letter 171

Braunschweig April 8th 1943

Dear All at home !

Today I got you letter from last Monday and thanking you. Yes I can see what it going on at home, I was there myself recently, and those 4 weeks I spend at home went pretty fast, but if all goes well, I shall be home for another 2 weeks next Tuesday. There is one snag, the train connections to Braunschweig are not much good. It takes a day to get from there to home. I had 5 hours to wait in Hannover for the train. Anyone who was for a long time on the front gets 6 weeks furlough so please do not send any parcel now, I will have to eat up all my saved food and don’t want to carry anything with me. After 2 weeks I will be going somewhere else and then maybe off to Russia again. I am only here to see the dentist and there are no miracles to believe in and I wrote to Major Lange as well. I am in a recovery Battery, every day new men come and go, , some from the Flak Artillery I am this week ina carpenters shop cutting boards just to do something. Today I had another injection , then they took half a liter of blood for severely wounded in Russia. What have I done that I am so contend here? For now Greetings to all of you.

Heinrich

From; Pvt 1% Class Heinrich Bredemeier, 3 Battery Reserve Abtlg 19 Braunschweig

To: Fam. H. Bredemeier, Rehren A.O. #12, near Rinteln.