Private Papers of H H Kassman – Letters from Kassman to Mother, November 25-December 1, 1943
Date:
01.12.1943
Location:
Kiev, איטליה, אלג'יריה, ברלין
Personality:
H. Henry Kassman
Keyword:
propaganda
Organization:
הצבא הבריטי
Archive:
Imperial War Museum (IWM)
Folder Number:
Gunner HH Kassman 8-12.1943
Description
Page 14: Letter to mother. Mailing address; Kassman expects to remain where he is for longer than he thought.
Pages 17-18: Letter to mother. Kassman is now training to be an anti-aircraft gunner at an Artillery Training Depot; details of daily life there, some comparison to 1939 training, description of activities on a day off in the nearest town. French and Italian war propaganda displayed publicly (past and current, in different locations).
“There was a report from Paul Winterton in a local Services newspaper recently of the slaughter of 70,000 Jews in Kiev. Apparently they were all machine-gunned on the edge of a ravine, and buried, dead or alive. And we still hear protests about the bombing of Berlin!”
