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Hello Sashka!

I'm still not getting any letters from you, which is probably explained by the fact that our field post office hasn't been deployed in the new spot yet. My general state is normal, it seems that I'm regaining my health, praise Allah. By the way, many are sick. Apparently, the change in climate is significant. Everybody's got a cold. Like now - there is such warmth outside that it's hard to imagine such in the beginning of February. Rain, running streams, and we're still wearing valenki (felt boots - trans.), can you image how we curse this. Not long ago we washed in a banya (Russian style bathhouse - trans.), or rather something like a banya. In the villages, Poles don't wash in banyas, they wash just to the waist in winter, and in the river in the summer (Jewish culture!!). And our banya - imagine a shed with huge holes where we put an iron stove and washed. You freeze like a dog, but you wash. In respect to grub, the things are not bad, we are well fed, besides we are resourceful. Recently our Slavic valor was presented with a case of American canned meat. Nice stuff. Soon I hope I start receiving letters.
Sincerely, Yu.K. 2.2.45

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