A Love LetterBerlinJanuary 1945 This letter was never mailed. It was found in 2011 neatly folded inside a family Bible. Ingrid’s father had been the Director of one of Berlin’s most prestigious hospitals which had provided care for many of the Nazi elite. After the War, he was sanctioned, but not imprisoned.The family moved to Dusseldorf where he again worked as a physician.In 1948, Christa Vogel applied for a secretarial position with the municipal government. To obtain it, she had to certify that she had never been a member of the National Socialist (NAZI) Party.Kurt Schneider was mobilized soon after this letter was written and was killed by the advancing Russian forces in mid-February 1945. Hans-Gunther Keller-Vogel, Ingrid’s brother, was also killed in February 1945 when his anti-aircraft battery was struck by a Russian bomber, destroying the battery’s ammunition bunker. MUSICNight Vigil by Kevin MacLeod | https://incompetech.com/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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