Gift of Erika and Kurt Dattner

Id no. 1661.90, Correspondence, French

May 10 1941, Brussels, Belgium

Subject(s):  Correspondence, Hiding, Escape and rescue, Children, Families

The text translates: Happy holiday, dear mother! Your small boy loves you with all his heart. He kisses you tenderly and murmurs: long live mother! Kurt. Herta Dattner and her eight-year-old son Kurt were in hiding separately in Belgium. The name Pierre-Paul was false name Kurt used in hiding. His mother, Herta, used the name Jeanne-Marie deClerck.