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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 7/9/2025 1:37 PM
Family Surname: Gartenberg
Country: Poland
Town: Drohobycz
Date of Image: ca 1920

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Hi there.

Please ignore the form on the right-hand side of the image. I'm only interested in deciphering the letter on the left in which
I can only make out some of the handwriting.

I am fluent in English and German, so a transcription in German or English translation would be most helpful for my research!

Does the letter begin "Dear Bernard & Malcia, I never received an answer to my last letter. Why? Maybe you're angry about what I wrote in my last letter." ?]

Thank you!

Rob Gartenberg

Response

7/9/2025 4:03 PM

Lieber Bernard u l Malcia! Auf meinen letzten Brief habe keine Antwort bekommen und warum? Sind Sie vielleicht böse daß ich im letzten Brief geschrieben habe, daß mir lieber ist Dollar als Packet? Daß ist nicht hier [te...ig?], ich kann Euch nur so viel mitteilen daß ich auf grosse Zuris bin u Du lieber Bernard willst mir nicht glauben. Wann die l Malcia nach Galizien kommen wird, wird sie sich überzeugen, ich bitte Dich l Bernard Borge mir 200 – 300 Dollar sonst bin unglücklich wen wir leben werden werde Dir mit Dank abgeben, erwarte mit sehnsucht. Grüße u küsse Euch herzl Ihr
[signed name might start with F, I, or J]

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Transcribed by Robert Rosenbaum (Ashland, Oregon)
M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (German-English), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
rosenbaum.robert@gmail.com

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Submitted by Robert Daniel Gartenberg

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Submitted by Robert Daniel Gartenberg