The following letters were contributed by Maria Leimann. David Kuxhausen was Maria's uncle.
In October 1941, David Kuxhausen was working at the labor camp, Iwdel. He was dismissed from work as incurably ill in early 1942. He recovered while living with his mother. David was then sent to the labor camp, Temirtau, in October/November 1942. Temirtau was in the Nowosibisk region near Kusedeewsk.
David Kuxhausen, born 1923 in Holstein, died 1943 in Temirtau. No official notice of death was ever sent by the government. The picture of David Kuxhausen was taken in 1941.
Maria recently visited Nowosibirsk. Today, Temirtau is in the Kemerowo region, near Kusedeewsk The Altei mountains are nearby. There is a monument to all victims in Temirtau.
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David's letter.
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Send to: Kuxhausen, Susanna From your David, 3 January 1943 |
Dear mother, I arrived here on 8 November, soon it will be already two months. Mom! How are you and Amalia and what about your health? Tell me whether you received the money for the grain and the cattle that we had to leave on the Volga? I have a request to you, dear mother and sister, help me in my condition. I ask you to send me even if it is a small packet. You can send everything what you have: dried bread, roasted flour, butter, dried potatoes, tobacco, one or two kilos, smoke and typing paper, onions, garlic and salt. Mom, I hope that you know by yourself what you have. Mom, you probably also would like to know what the weather is like here? The weather is very good. Warm weather. Clear weather. How are my grandfather and Anna? How are my father's sisters? |
Dear mother and sister, Censorship carried out |
