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Various formats. Altogether 47 ff. on 57 pp. Mostly with envelopes. A collection of almost 40 letters (and some cards) to Emilie Schindler, often expressing admiration, well-wishes and birthday congratulations, for example: 1) "Sehr Geehrte Frau Schindler / Sie kennen mich nicht [.] Waehrend des Holocaust verlor ich meine 3 nahen Verwandten [.] Ich las das Buch 'Schindlers Arche' und war mehr als beeindruckt von diesen Dokument [.] Darf ich Ihnen zu Ihrem 80sten Geburtstag meine waermsten Wuensche senden!" ("Dear Mrs Schindler / You do not know me [.] I lost my 3 close relatives in the Holocaust [.] I read the book 'Schindler's Ark' and was much impressed by this document [.] May I send you my warmest wishes for your 80th birthday!", transl.) . - 2) A birthday card sent from Leopold "Poldek" Pfefferberg, the Polish-American survivor who inspired Thomas Keneally to write "Schindler's Ark". - 3) A card reading "I have heard what you did to save Jewish lives during World War II. You are a remarkable woman [.]". - 4) A letter dated December 31st 1994 from a writer who lost her entire family but asks Emilie Schindler if she can visit her to thank her personally for her work. - 5) A letter sent from Israel, dated 30th August 1987, reading: "[.] Sie haben nicht nur 1200 Menschen ihr Leben geschenkt, Sie haben auch gezeigt, was es bedeutet Mensch zu sein" ("[.] You have not only given 1200 people their lives, you have also shown what it means to be a human being [.]"). - 6) "[.] I sincerely believe that your personal heroism was equal or more probably bigger than of any of the soldiers in the field [.]", 11. IX. 1987).