11 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe compares the liquors and wine he gets there as opposed to what he drinks back home. He told Adele he does not need any money right now as there is nothing to spend it on. He also says he is not worried about what arrangements Sylvia will make when Mad moves.

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12 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe went to see a blues show. He also says has no doubt that Mad and Ben will settle right in to their bungalow. He assures Sylvia that the average German soldier doesn't have much fight left in him.

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13 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe explored the town with Jack, they wandered aimlessly and found a couple of bars. He notes that Roosevelt is ahead of Dewey in the polls.

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14 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe has high hopes for the coming year. He mentions the food and notes that he doesn't have much opportunity to study the food in its natural habitat as they are not allowed to eat in cafes and restaurants at this time.

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15 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe went to the movies and then had a little supper party with the boys in honor of Sylvia's birthday. Jack wrote Sylvia in the hope that she could get to know Lil.

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16 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Marty met some people in the town he had known in Paris and Moe, Jack and him went to visit them. Moe describes each family member. He also says they were asked to sing American songs and wound up singing the Star Spangled Banner.

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17 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Jack, Marty and Moe are having a nice Sunday. They plan to go to a football game and a concert. Moe does not reproach Sylvia for not taking a vacation this year. He also says Hy can get started on the amplifier at his leisure.

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18 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe saw some soccer games, and some German prisoners being led through the streets. He met one of the girls who'd been a pupil of Madame Simone Vivienne. They went to the teacher's house and listened to them sing songs. Later they went to services and he thought of all the Rosh Hashanah he and Sylvia celebrated.

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19 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe is glad Sylvia liked the photographs of Jack and him.

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20 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe and Jack went to town where they went to a couple of bars. They stopped in a place where the madam of the bar gave them tomatoes and onions to take home with them.

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21 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Last night the whole gang went to Madame Vivienne's again where they had a French lesson. Moe says he enjoyed the drawing Sylvia made of herself sitting at home writing. He is surprised to hear that she may have gained weight.

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22 September 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Moe Weiner

Sylvia mentions that she is trying to procure certain items for him through a girl in her office who deals with a grocer that has a relative overseas. He is only too willing to help with providing the scarce items.

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22 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe reports that Marty got to go off with a Colonel again, presumably to the place that everyone wants to go. He talks about the point system again, and wonders when Mad is expecting.

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23 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe wonders how Pearl will keep custody of Stephen. He thinks David may have a hard time in school because he is so far advanced.

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24 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe went in search of a French grammar book as he intends to study the language. He later saw a movie. He believes Mad and Ben are in Sylvia's debt.

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25 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe is confused by the French grammar book he found as it is in French. He and Jack will start with the simple conjugations, but asks Sylvia to send a French grammar book if she has one since one in English would be easier.

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26 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe tells Sylvia to get her father to save his liquor as it has become as scare as it was in the days of Prohibition. He wonders what Alvin will do now that he is making money for the first time.

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27 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe attended a service where the chaplain said he wanted to set aside money for the Jewish Children's fund. He tells her not to worry about Jack's letter to Lil in which he tries to prepare her for the fact that he may not be home as soon as the war is over.

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28 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe says he went to another bar where he had champagne, and went window-shopping. He learned that you can't buy gold silver or platinum unless you have a greater weight of the same metal to exchange. He also heard that Marge is in town.

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29 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe reports that an inspection of the barracks is set to take place so there is much cleaning and hurrying going on. He remarks that Sylvia's last Saturday off has passed and that officially marks the end of the summer. He also says that the radio is giving Hy so much trouble that by the time he removes it he will have lost his wits.

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30 September 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe discovered a couple parks in town. He writes that the parks in France are more formal and better maintained than the parks in the U.S.. He bought some pickles on the way back to camp.

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1 October 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe is glad that Mad, Ben and David finally have their own place. He writes that Sylvia's suspicion that he has gone to Paris is unfounded, no such luck for him, though he very much wants to go.

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2 October 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe explains the choices he made for the bouquet he had sent to Sylvia. He bets everyone in the city had a story relating to the storm. he also says he is looking forward to the next town but that it won't be Paris.

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3 October 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe thought Sylvia's description of the storm's aftermath were just terrific. He remarks that getting home from her mother's in the dark must have been scary.

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4 October 1944

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe got a good haircut. He writes that the next town is one of the ones Sylvia guessed. He instructs her to find someone to stay with her if she feels too lonely. He also comments that she will have a collection of bracelets by the time this is all over.

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