1Translation
Dearest my Laje’u! B"H _(Baruch Hashem / With God's Help)_
I have only sent you picture postcards from my journey across Czechoslovakia (C.S.R.), because I was not able to take the time to write a letter, but I beg you not to take it the wrong way [take it badly], I will now write to you more instead. From Prague I sent you a card, and from Olomouc, and from Piešťany, and today I arrived in Bratislava already [to see] what is happening with the passport. Tomorrow morning I am going to make inquiries, and will write to you; it has already been almost a month, and I too am very impatient. From Helenke [Helena] I received a letter, and I think it is enough if you write to him/her, because I am already very restless/impatient, and cannot reply to her. In Piešťany I felt good.
_(Upside-down note written at the bottom):_ Don't be angry with me, Laje’u!
1 / 4I have only sent you picture postcards from my journey across Czechoslovakia (C.S.R.), because I was not able to take the time to write a letter, but I beg you not to take it the wrong way [take it badly], I will now write to you more instead. From Prague I sent you a card, and from Olomouc, and from Piešťany, and today I arrived in Bratislava already [to see] what is happening with the passport. Tomorrow morning I am going to make inquiries, and will write to you; it has already been almost a month, and I too am very impatient. From Helenke [Helena] I received a letter, and I think it is enough if you write to him/her, because I am already very restless/impatient, and cannot reply to her. In Piešťany I felt good.
_(Upside-down note written at the bottom):_ Don't be angry with me, Laje’u!
2Translation
...and thought of you, Lajenka, very, very much, for you are my only one in the world.Regarding the late (God rest his soul) Moritz, I will send you the death certificate (_úmrtný list_), and I will also try to request a document from the rabbi. When I have the passport in my hand, I will do everything to come to you as quickly as possible.
I watched the antisemitic action [demonstration/riot] with my own eyes. On Friday at noon time I left for Piešťany, and in the evening there was even more—that I only read about in the newspaper. Now every Jew already knows that he cannot remain here, because the people are poisoned by Hitler’s antisemitism, and that is difficult to eliminate. Right now it is quiet here.
2 / 4I watched the antisemitic action [demonstration/riot] with my own eyes. On Friday at noon time I left for Piešťany, and in the evening there was even more—that I only read about in the newspaper. Now every Jew already knows that he cannot remain here, because the people are poisoned by Hitler’s antisemitism, and that is difficult to eliminate. Right now it is quiet here.
3Translation
On Monday I am traveling to Košice (_Karschau_), still regarding money [financial matters]; during the journey I will only send you picture postcards, and then I will travel back to Bratislava. Dearest Lajenka, you write to me about your passport; I do not know what is to be done about it or what to tell you, but arrange things so that when I arrive, you will be in Gothenburg [Göteborg]. I think you wrote to me that you are expecting me at the end of October, and although I do not know this for certain yet, only when I have the passport in hand will I be able to know exactly when I am coming to you. Lajenka, for as long as I was taking the bath treatments [at the spa], I was very weakened and had lost weight, but now I have already gained weight back, and my feet do not hurt me at all anymore.
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4Translation
(Top upside-down note:) The late (God rest his soul) Moritz was born in 1916 in Tábor / post office Тячів [Tyachiv] / district Тячів [Tyachiv].
In Bratislava I am bored, time drags on too long for me, because I am not settled, and regarding my workplace I do not know whether I am still needed; but there is work enough to be found here. I just want to wait until my passport comes. I am not learning Swedish, because I have no patience. May the dear God just grant that we are reunited as quickly as possible, for we have been corresponding for almost a year now, and it is high time to reach our goal. It is rainy here, so I will go to sleep soon. Nothing else special, Lajēn, be patient for this month, then our time must come to be together. With many greetings and warmest kisses from your Aron (meaning "from your husband" / "from your man").
Mojse (Moshé)
5 September 1948
4 / 4In Bratislava I am bored, time drags on too long for me, because I am not settled, and regarding my workplace I do not know whether I am still needed; but there is work enough to be found here. I just want to wait until my passport comes. I am not learning Swedish, because I have no patience. May the dear God just grant that we are reunited as quickly as possible, for we have been corresponding for almost a year now, and it is high time to reach our goal. It is rainy here, so I will go to sleep soon. Nothing else special, Lajēn, be patient for this month, then our time must come to be together. With many greetings and warmest kisses from your Aron (meaning "from your husband" / "from your man").
Mojse (Moshé)
5 September 1948
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