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13 January 1945
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia mentions Ben, Bess M., and Hy, and talks about the difficulty of getting cigarettes.
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14 January 1945
Sylvia is excited because Moe has been in Paris. Features a sketch of the Eiffel Tower.
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16 January 1945
Sylvia describes a play called "Harvey," and mentions Bess.
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17 January 1945
Sylvia talks about the news she has heard about the Russians advancing.
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19 January 1945
Sylvia mentions her mother, Joe, Marge, Daniel and David. Also says she will prepare another package for Moe.
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20 January 1945
Sylvia writes that she is still sleeping at her mother's. She also saw a "screwy" movie with Marlene Dietrich.
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21 January 1945
Sylvia writes that everyone is snowed in and the car is frozen as well.
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22 January 1945
Sylvia writes that she is happy to hear about the Russians, then responds to Moe's letters.
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23 January 1945
Sylvia spoke to Olga, and went to Cooper Union regarding an art course she wants to take. She also comments on David Abbot meeting Moe in Paris earlier.
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24 January 1945
Sylvia read about a particular corporal and says it is too bad Moe doesn't have a corporal like that, she also mentions her mother and David.
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Sylvia spoke to Hy, and remarks on the freezing weather. She also brings up the ever active subject of cigarettes.
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27 January 1945
Written from museum of modern art: Sylvia visited his parents, and saw Margie. She also learned that Joe had a relapse.
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30 January 1945
Sylvia mentions David, her mother and her father. She writes that father called, asking to come home but that she talked him out of it.
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31 January 1945
Sylvia stood in line for cigarettes, then went to a union meeting.
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1 February 1945
Sylvia received a card with pictures of soldiers from Jay and Davie who think one of the soldiers in the picture is Moe, but she doesn't agree.
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Sylvia saw Mad's new baby
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2 February 1945
Written from a beauty parlor: Sylvia mentions Moe's mother, Adele, Sam, Beth and his brother Ben
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4 February 1945
Sylvia spent time at Mad's, and went to her mother's. She then responded to Moe's letters.
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5 February 1945
Sylvia writes that she has an exam the next day.
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7 February 1945
Sylvia talks about the difficulty of getting to work on time, an visited Mad and Ben. Sylvia also had to get a new license for the car.
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Sylvia went to lunch with supervisor, she finds her supervisor annoying.
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10 February 1945
Sylvia mentions that Mad told her Joe is feeling better, and she recounts Mad's telling her the story of Mildred Solomon's little brother.
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Sylvia received a letter from Sam B. saying he hopes he can meet Moe.
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12 February 1945
Sylvia visited with Mad, and played with David and Daniel. She also mentioned Bess.
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13 February 1945
Sylvia recounts her visit with Olga.
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14 February 1945
This letter is form valentines' day, and in it Sylvia thanks Moe for the flowers he sent. Sylvia also mentions that she is planning to go to a lecture on psychoanalysis with Sarah F.
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16 February 1945
Sylvia writes about how on the way to the lecture she stopped at a bar and read a book on the psycho. While there she was approached by a strange woman who talked about her mother's impact on her.
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Sylvia tells Moe that it was a slow day at work, and that she went to see his parents. She also mentions that she learned that Joe is not feeling good again.
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18 February 1945
Sylvia describes a play at the Provincetown Playhouse called "The Sorcerer."
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19 February 1945
Sylvia saw Alfred, Alice and Archer at Mad's. She describes them as "divine." She also refers to a letter of Moe's in which a guy is sentenced to life imprisonment for refusing to drill.
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20 February 1945
Sylvia went to a Selective Services Board meeting.
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21 February 1945
Sylvia heard that Moe is out of the danger area through Marge. She also responds to his letters and remarks on the good job the Russians have done.
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24 February 1945
Sylvia heard from Marge that a guy in Moe's unit got furlough.
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25 February 1945
Sylvia went to the theater with Bess and Ruth.
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26 February 1945
Sylvia complains about her boss. She says that her boss thinks she is more attractive than Sylvia is.
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27 February 1945
Sylvia describes her marriage to Moe as "ideal."
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1 March 1945
Sylvia had shish kabobs with Sarah F. and Esther S.
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Sylvia thanks Moe for the Chanel no. 5, she says it makes her feel like a kept woman.
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2 March 1945
This note is within a card that features a Russian couple in traditional costume. The card was "Produced for Russian War Relief, Inc." Within the note Sylvia thanks Moe for the perfume he sent her again.
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Sylvia mentions his mother, Ben and Eddie.
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3 March 1945
Sylvia went to Mad's house, she also bought Moe some cracker jack, then responded to his letters.
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4 March 1945
Sylvia notes that Moe has been in the service for two years and does not want it to be a third year.
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5 March 1945
Sylvia mentioned Bess and Ruth and the psychiatric files she must go over. She has just received ten letters from him.
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6 March 1945
Sylvia went to Mad's house for dinner, and has read four of his letters so far.
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7 March 1945
Sylvia informs Moe that they are being evicted because the landlord wants to move someone else in. She spoke with a lawyer who said the landlord has to give her at least eight months since she is the wife of a soldier.
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9 March 1945
Sylvia has dinner with her parents, and visits with Ruth.
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10 March 1945
Sylvia mentioned seeing Ben, and told Mom and Pop about their having to move.
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11 March 1945
Sylvia tells Moe that Ruth came over for lunch.
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12 March 1945
Sylvia went to Bess's for dinner, she also met a Ms. Pratt who has a connection to the Pratt Institute. Sylvia also visited her mother and dad.
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13 March 1945
Sylvia responds to several letters of Moe's.
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