All the Letters home

Restmore, 6/2/1935 Dear Marie! I always forget your birthday and I am very much ashamed but of course that doesn’t help. The date of the letter is 2. June. and your birthday was on the first so the letter will be too late, even if you could give the blame […]

Rysbrook 5/2/1935 Many thanks for both letters and the money which we received in perfect order. they look at us with suspicious eyes because of the new paper money bills, look at all the numbers and finally ask us if we had a machine that can make them. Hopefully we […]

Restmore, 4/12/1935 we are again installed here in “Restmore” and so we send first so many thanks to you because you put us up so nice during the Copenhagen visit and thanks for the nice things we got along. The trip to here went very well. we didn’t get seasick […]

Rysbroeck, 3/13/1935 Now I got your airmail letter and thank you, such a pretty stamp I hurry up to figure out the house rent is from Feb. 15 – 1933 – to April 1st – 1935 – 1275 Kronen, of Konstanu I have stopped with keeping track since it often […]

Rysbroeck, 3/9/1935 Look now we are starting anew. When Peter gave the letter for you to the mailman, he gave us one from you, so we held it back to answer you right away. We have not really gone into ” Hibernation “, neither have we tried to go far […]

Ryksbroek 3/8/1935 sailing ship “Restmore” You are amazed at what? A letter from Peter, but so that you soon get over this “astonishment”, I want to explain right away why I am not fit for heavy physical work due to a foot injury, so I received the order from the […]

Ryksbroek 1/22/1935 This you may call an express answering of your letter but the case is that sneaky as I am I enclose the tas papers hoping that you will pass by for this installed bog and if not that there is a 10 øre left over on my account […]

Antwerp Netherlands 1/6/1935 Thanks for the last letter, also thanks for the ”Klejnere” (home made cookies), they actually arrived after having bean 10 days on the way but they taste very good, those that had turned into crumbs we ate with a spoon. Most of them were only broken into […]

Rysbroek, Belgium 12/18/1934 Today I have received enclosed special delivery letter from Frederick. Would you be so kind as to take a decision for me? I am not quite sure what it is all about but in any case it’s bonds (Shares, Aktien) that are laying by you. If it […]

Rysbroek, Belgium 12/17/1934 This should be a Christmas letter. Thanks for the 200 strong we received and thanks for your 2 letters. There is very slow post delivery between Copenhagen and Ruysbroeck. Your first letter came the day after I had written to you and the special delivery arrived today […]