Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-06-28
WRITES LETTER
FROM GERMANY.
+. ]. Rosenthal Sends Another Inter-
esting Letter About His Visit
To His Old Home in
Germany.
GERMANS ARE
GREAT EATERS
Enjoying Five Meals a Day and Says
He is Hungry at Every
Meal.
Gleiwitz, Germany,

Nv dear Mother and family:
| can't Tell you how pleased | was
to get your letters, two from mother
and one from Freddie which contain
ed all about the graduation eXer-
cises. | have written to Fred few
I days ago in regard to his gradua-
ton as / felt so bad that | could
not be there with him. | hope you
will all write real often as / am
so anxious to know that everything
is all right at home, / feel salts
fed when get a letter and can
enjoy myself so much more. Now
if you don't write real often / shall
take the first steamer and come
home, ha, ha!
We are surely having fine time
here with brother Max visiting, eat
ing, drinking, and sleeping, five
meals a day and the best of i is
am hungry at every meal. You
used to tell me that the Germans
We're the biggest eaters in the world
and / will say now that it is so
all right. / am going to weigh
myself as l am sure ! am gaining
and certainly feel fine. Had known
what / know now in regard to the
conditions over here mother you GER
tainly would be with US. Howeve,
conditions are not the best in 0. ).
as the time for German rule in this
section has expired and according to
! the treaty all government property
such as railroads, post offices, banks,
etc., had to be turned over 10 the
Poles, and naturally it has stirred
things up a little. There are of
course, a few Germans left in this
territory and the Poles have gone
in their homes, driven men, women
and children out of town, whipped
them nearly TO death, broken their
household goods and yaken their
homes. That's the Poles for you
They can do anything they wish and
nothing is said or done but if a Ger
man makes a peep they shoot them
on the spot. However, our city here
| (Gleiwitz) is all quiet and peaceful
as it is going to remain under Ger
man control although for safety
martial law has been declared. Well
my dear ones l hear the gong that
means eat again o'clock P. VI.
| Thursday A. VI.
didn't finish this letter yesterday
as We had planned a trip to the coal
mines which is about ID or 20 miles
from here, the city Of Panther about
10000 inhabitants, surely some place. |
Today we are going to celebrate bro
Their Max's birthday. They always
make a fuss over birthdays in Ger
many and one can't forget them. |
They are giving a picnic, about so
people are invited, so you can i'm
agine the time we viii have, music |
and everything. OF course this birth
day is considered a little more i'm
pOrtant than at other times which is
on account of the "Americaners"
being here. Yes they are surely
doing everything they can 10 make
/ it pleasant for US.
Friday A. VI.
Well this is the day after the
day before" and am feeling fine af-
ter the big time we had Yesterday.
and to add to the JOY l received
another letter from home and the
Public Opinion which l have been
getting quite regularly, thanks TO
the boys.
Well my dear ones we are now
planning our journey today and ex-
pect to start in a few days. We
intend 20 go 10 Poland first 10
see brother Sam again who is in
business in Krosin, will spend about
a week with them and then expect
to meet brother Max and Frieda
there. They just can't bear to think
of US leaving them, and mind you
they have decided to journey with
US so as to be with with US as long
as possible. They are not satisfied
with all the time we have spent with
them and they are now planning a
trip to America next year. Won't
that be grand!
! thought before starting on my
journey that | would see a good
doctor here. Not that l am not
feeling good but just to be examin-
ed again. Brother Max went with
me to the best doctor in the city
and he is considered fine and after
a thorough examination he told me
/ was in perfect health with not z
thing ailing me. This of course
made me feel good. / thanked ant
paid him for his service and L near.
~ gave me heart failure-5O mark,
which is only Zoe in our money. O-
. course % marks in sp0taml time.