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LETTERS HOME 1944-1946

#36 – May 20, 1945

I saw two concentration camps . . .it’s horrible . . .

On view: 6 pages – This is one of the letters bound for the Holocaust Museum in D.C.

052045_1_mst — May 20, 1945, p. 1

052045_2_mst — p. 2

052045_3_mst — p. 3

052045_4_mst — p. 4

052045_5_mst — p. 5

052045_6_mst — p. 6

#37 – May 24, 1945

On view: 2 pages

052445_1_mst — May 24, 1945, p. 1

052445_2_mst — p. 2

#38 – May 28, 1945

On view: 4 pages

052845_1_mst — May 28, 1945, p. 1

052845_2_mst — p. 2

052845_3_mst — p. 3

052845_4_mst — p. 4

#39 – May 31, 1945

On view: 2 pages

053145_1_mst — May 31, 1945, p. 1

053145_2_mst — p. 2

JUNE POSTS: #40 – June 4, 1945

On view: 3 pages

060445_1_mst — June 4, 1945, p. 1

060445_2_mst — p. 2

060445_3_mst — p. 3

#41 – June 9, 1945

Solly enclosed these 5 photos with their notes on the reverse side in his June 9, 1945 letter to Esther, Dave and Eric. Handwritten on the back of some of these photos is the same message Solly writes in a number of his other letters: don’t tell mom.

On view: 5 photos Solly took of Germany with images of the reverse side and the handwritten notes he made.

Germany_Photos_envelope_mst — Envelope that contained the 3 photos

Germany_Photos-1-front_mst — Germany photo # 1

Germany_Photos-1-rear_mst — Germany photo #1, reverse side and note

Germany_Photos-2-front_mst — Germany photo #2

Germany_Photos-2-rear_mst — Germany photo #2, reverse side and note

Germany_Photos-3-front_mst — Germany photo # 3

Germany_Photos-3-rear_mst — Germany photo # 3, reverse side and note

Germany_PhotosHome-5-front_mst — Germany photo # 4

Germany_PhotosHome-5-reverse_mst — Germany photo # 4, reverse side and note

Germany_PhotosHome-4-front_mst — Solly – Germany photo # 5

Germany_PhotosHome-4-reverse_mst — Germany photo # 5, reverse side and note

#42 – June 11, 1945

On view: 2 pages

061145_1_mst — June 11, 1945, p. 1

061145_2_mst — p. 2