Letter 378
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Transcription
The author’s English translation, machine-read from his typed copy (scan); may contain small errors
In the East Sept 27th 1944
My Dear Parents.
Greetings from here, hope all is well at home, I did not get mail yesterday but I send you a parcel with Cigarettes and Tobacco. I don’t smoke often, Cigars and tobacco is for Papa, the Cigarettes you go with as you like. Yesterday we had a film in a barn about 6 miles behind the front line, it was the movie , Antony the Last”.
Greetings to you from Werner
From: Pvt 1st Class Werner Ketschau, FP # 27658= Panzer Grenadier Rgt 6
To:Family Erich Ketschau, Kleinmmmmm148lsen, Erfurt -Thurg.
Panzer Grenadier Regt 6 was a Regt of the 7th Panzer Division , the original 7th Panzer Div. was Commanded by General Erwin Rommel .
By Sept 1944, at the time Werner Ketschau wrote this letter, the Division was Commanded be General D. Mauss and was fighting in Lithuania around the town of Wirballen.