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Giulia Kortischoner writes to Mia Hasterlik about her plan to reach the United States via a boat trip departing from Lisbon arranged through the Children Organization. She talks about different things she will do once she is in New York...
Giulia Kortischoner writes to Mia Hasterlik, updating her on her life in Switzerland and stating that she still wants to go to Ragaz, Switzerland for her polio recovery, but that it is extremely difficult to obtain the proper permits to...
Giulia Kortischoner writes about travel arrangements with Mia Hasterlik, saying it is much faster to fly to New York via Lisbon, as the Kinderhelfswerk arranged for her, than via London. She writes about Anton and how he is afraid and...
Giulia Kortischoner tells Mia Hasterlik about her daily life, saying she is still working at the bookbinding shop in the mornings and taking English lessons. She goes to the dentist often because the Kinderhilfswerke is helping to pay...
Giulia Kortischoner asks Mia Hasterlik to not be upset with Auguste Hasterlik for not saying anything about Giulia's polio. Giulia also recounts a visit with an old friend from Vienna and the nostalgia and bitter sweetness of the...
Giulia Kortischoner writes to Alice Sigerist about the possibility of going to massage school. Giulia also writes about Pernal "Franz" Francois, the young man in the Polish Army she has a crush on. She updates Alice on Gustav Stux, an...
Giulia Kortischoner writes to Alice Sigerist about needing new clothes and possibly buying a japanese basket to replace her heavy leather suitcase. She also informs Alice that Pernal "Franz" Francois, Giulia's crush, finally wrote to her.
Giulia Kortischoner writes briefly to Lisl Ullman and Inge Halberstamm (classmates of Giulia's from Vienna) that she is in Switzerland now and how she is doing.
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