Letter 228

Braunschweig May5™ 1944

Dear All.

Here I am, after having had several weeks of furlough at home, I am back with writing letters again. Last night I arrived here at 10 PM and with a sour face I looked at the 4 walls again. I was taken by the truck all the way to the camp and I am already on Sentry Duty tonight. I have to forget the furlough, . Here the Bombers have been busy in the time I was away . Places where houses stood and peoples lived before my furlough, one can find only rubble and ashes . Braunschweig is 2/3 in Ruins. But of course,our training camp was spared , what an irony, so what will happen now we have to wait and see. In a few days I think I will be transferred to Battery earmarked for the front. I have to ask you to send me a spoon, I keep borrowing one , the Wehrmacht has gone poor too, so they have none to spare. In one hand I am holding the deck of cards so all the very best and Greetings.

Your Heinrich

From; Pvt 1st Class Heinrich Bredemeier Artillery Reserve

Abteilung 31 in Braunschweig Roselies Camp.

To Bredemeier Family Rehren A.O. 12 Near Rinteln Weser.