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Dear Heinrich,
We were very worried, because we sent you endless postcards and no sign of life from you. We also wrote to the lawyer Twers 2 P[ost]-C[ards]. We wrote to Mr. Satiriade in Rosiori as we did not have his address. I also wrote to Mrs. Zubec at the chamber of agriculture, because I did not know what to believe. I have come to the conclusion that you wrote and did not add the extra 6 Lei of stamps.
We are so happy that you are in good health. We have been through such a lot since we have left home but thank God we are healthy and together. We are 50km from Salu away, in the middle of the Ucraine, Salu stayed in Moghilov, in the little town this side of Nistru. We are in an enirely different world here, no train, no post, no connection of any kind. We are lucky that sometimes a German car comes by and someone goes to Moghilov and brings post and other news. The town here is really small, without a single shop and with most of it destroyed. We live here in a v[ery] small room, but are grateful, because wood is so expensive here, 16kg cost 20 Rubles. The currency used is Rubles that you can buy for 10 – 12 Lei. Life is v[ery] expensive here and many things are not available. The most important things here are: bread and wood or oil. (or diesel for which you have to pay 30 Rubles per liter, you can not compare that to Romanian standards). I pray to God that we will get through this winter healthily, it is as we know it only tougher for the deprivation, there is hardly any wood. If we had stayed in Moghilov, where Salu is, we would not have been able to cope, it is even more expensive there. Mother, Ana and Simsem left before us and we did not meet them and don not know where they are. We met the Mother in law and Helica
in Moghilov. They were so unlucky, because their suitcase was stolen and now they do not have any clothes and no shoes and you can not buy anything here. And I too was very stupid only taking the heavy boots and not even bringing a pair of ordinary shoes or overshoes. When they go I will be barefoot. I wrote to you to send me a pair of shoes, in case you have them, a pair of those I made in Radauti and overshoes and a dress for Nilica, she does not have to change into. Apart from that I did another stupid thing, I left my and your documents with Florian.
I urgently need them. Please tell Mr. Satiriade or maybe you can do me the favor. I was in such a rush when we left that I forgot all my and Nilica’s documents in the bedroom in the drawer by the mirror, please take them with you.
Try to send me the documents of Florian, you never know whether you will stay here or have to move on. Keep all my things and do your utmost to bring back your family. In case you are not successful and as you are free, do not keep anything, but sell everything so you can live off my things. I will let you know about the main thing so that it does not disappear.
In case you have the opportunity to help Mrs. Kahn and ask Mr. Florian to look after the photo studio. We believe in God that very soon you will be free and arrange everything. Do not worry about us, except please send us something to live on as everything is so expensive here. Please let me know what Mr. Satiriade does, whether he has opened up a shop and where he lives so I can write to him directly.
I have acquired some wood and diesel, I now have enough for December which is a great deal here. I hope that God will not leave us and will continue to help us. I heard that Sosel and Ribin are in a town 12 km away from here. God knows, if
they have something to eat, they left home with hardly anything and food and even a small piece of wood are a big and difficult problem here.
Do not worry about us for we are in a good health and together and have some food. Please write as often as possible and add a 2 Lei stamp to the postcard, address it to the Israeli Community, Mogilov, to Leon Seligmann, Djurin as everyone gets their post like that.
I hope I have written about everything and informed you about everything.
If you write, please also send us some paper and envelopes, you can not get that here. Apart from that please send us 2 packets of Aspirin by Bayer and by Norm – Muscel.
I kiss you from the bottom of my heart, Leon
P.S. Mr. Satiriade could go to the house to get the camp papers, the pay book is also there and then he could also get my documents from the table drawer.
Dear Mr Seligmann,
We were all very glad to receive your kind letter. Only, we are wondering why you haven´t written to us for such a long time. Now I turn to you with a request. In case you know a reliable person, would you be so kind as to send him or her to Josef Wassky (bookseller)? He shall return the remaining 106 that he still owes us, as well as medicine from Dr Finger; you will keep the medicine and you will send the money to Fulin. At the same time he shall tell W. Wassyk, the photographer, to take care of what I had given to him; and if possible, he shall take and save everything that is still in the house, the documents that are in the cupboard too. Please let us know about all of this. .
Thanking you in advance, I remain with best regards, H. Kakam.
If Hr. Satiriade goes to [Gura] Humor[ului], he should at least bring my woll costume, shoes and anything else he can bring. They are in the suitcase and I am not sure that it will not disappear or gnawed at by ice. [XXX]
Seligmann
If you would like to write, use the address:
S.R. at Seligmann
Moghilau
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