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Giulia Kortischoner writes to Mia Hasterlik, telling her that she went to the Kinderhilfswerke and that she should now be able to leave for the US in two months and have the costs completely covered. She gives news about her two suitors....
Giulia Kortischoner writes to Susi Weiss, telling her about her time spent at Ragaz received treatment for polio and also asking for money because of how expensive the treatment is.
Ällägg Bächtold writes to Giulia Kortischoner with the notes to Land des Lächeln, a new song everyone is whistling. Ällägg asks Giulia about her admirer Angelo, a fellow polio patient in the hospital.
Elizabeth "Lisl" Urbantschitsch writes to Giulia Kortischoner overjoyed and excited to have received a letter from her. Lisl tells Giulia her plan to move to France for a year in order to save money and then fly over to the United States...
Heiderl Wettstein writes to Giulia Kortischoner about classmates and asks how Angelo is. Angelo is a boy in the hospital with Giulia who also has polio and likes her.
Ada Kortischoner-Kelley, Giulia Kortischoner's aunt, writes to Giulia thanking her for her letter and her picture. Robert Kortischoner says Giulia looks just like her father. Both Robert and Ada are interested in Giulia and her work. Ada...
Mia Hasterlik writes to Giulia Kortischoner about life in New York, New York and her concerns about Giulia saying polio had affected her inner organs more than her legs. Mia also writes about family friends.
Heiderl writes to Giulia Kortischoner about what the ten day forced stay at home vacation the class has been required to take, because of the polio epidemic. Heiderl talks about friends and life during the vacation.
Mia Hasterlik writes to Giulia Kortischoner, telling her about the drama surrounding her almost getting her citizenship and saying that it will now, hopefully, not be long until she and Giulia are reunited.
Ellen von Mauler Christiansen (?), who lived in the Hasterlik apartment from 1938-1939, writes a letter to Giulia Kortischoner describing daily life in Vienna. She also states that Susi Weiss (Giulia's older half-sister) would like to...
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