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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0059 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 June 1943 Pagination: 5 p. ; 21.8 x 14 cm.
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Ben, who had been overseas, told them about how cocky the German prisoners of war were and that they were going to win the war and bomb New York City. Reports to him about family and how much she misses him.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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