Letter 231

Volkswagen City May 18th 1944 Dear Beloved All !

This morning I got the first letter from Braunschweig that was send after me and glad to have it. I am glad to hear that you are all well and in good health at home. Same of course goes for me. I think I am having a far to good life here. But people do not stay here very long, new guards arrive every day here and in a few days I suppose I too will be leaving again. We doing a patrol and guard the Cages with the prisoners, and in our free time we play cards. Normally we have to stay indoors all the while. Here they have many different races assembled, and the food is very good. In the Army Camp in Northeim the food is terrible. The foreign civilians here live better than the Soldiers guarding them. But the Soldier is poised to go back to the front again soon.

So the Crimea has been abandoned by us, and the last transports from there must have had terrible losses. Many men were Ift on the Crimea for the Russians to keep. A lot of the men here being send to the 111 Inf Division , maybe by the next bunch I am too. I hope thati havea Weekend pass to come home before then. Dear Parents, Greetings and all the best

From Heinrich

From: Pvt 1* Clss H.Bredemeier, Volkswagen City Town Command Guard Platoon.

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