Letter 203

In the East Oct, 8 1943 Dear Parents and Grand dad !

This week I got 3 letters so far from you so it is time to write again . I am glad all is well at home and the day to day work on the farm is coming along fine. It is already getting early dark here and have to write by candle light.we only got 1 candle and everybody want to have it for writing home. There are 4 of us in a small room , G. Dickmann and me, one from Lésing and one from Poland. We get on very well, in the evening they help feeding the horses and I make a gig pan of fried potatoes for . them. We had slaughtered a big pig and had plenty of fat and bacon, on our retreat we did not go hungry , we even had plenty of Melons. You wrote that you had mailed parcels on certain dates but I have not had one since August 20th, no parcels, only letters have arrived All I had was a parcel from Schütte it was with a pair of shorts and a cake. Now you want to know where we are here, , well, near the city of Melitopol by the Sea of Azov The front is nopt far away and that is were I am. From our Battle you have heard and maybe read in the Schaumburg Newspaper. The

Wehrmacht reports are telling details, so I will end now and send Greetings

Heinrich.