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This is what Valia Krapiva writes from Germany!

This is what Valia Krapiva writes from Germany! "June 6, ‘42. Hello, dear Nilochka, Tolik, and Yefrosiniia Kongrat’evna! What I should tell you first is that I am alive, healthy and wish the same to you. Nilochka, I have received your letter for which I am very thankful. My trip went well. On the 19th by 8:30 I was already in Zittau. I had enough food all the way to Zittau. They gave me a good welcome, the family is very good and I am happy here. In the military base stores they have everything for coupons. The city is very beautiful and I have never seen one like this in all my life, flowers and plants are blooming everywhere, by every house." [Partial translation]

Poster Number: PP 052
Category: World War II
Poster Notes: This poster was produced by the propaganda offices of the German Government for the occupation of Russia and Ukraine during World War II and was part of a series of ‘Valia’ themes created to glamorize life in Germany for non-Germans sent there as domestics or laborers.
Media Size: 37.5x16.5
Poster Type: Offset
Publishing Date: c.1943
Catalog Notes: PP 052 World War II
Language: Ukrainian
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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