Show where poverty and If funger are wrests guests to mayor cecil tate comes this letter from a d stressed family in m a distressed and now war weary county it is written in broken eng lish but it tells a vivid story of a human being in want and hunger trying to tell someone of their dire need and starved soul and body do you think you can helpa could you look around in the clothes closet in the old attic and find a cast off oj dress a coat or a skirt with a little warmth left in it to help these people europe needs your help why not send a pack age today to this family they are appealing to you here is the let ter as it came to mayor tate Got rottingen dear mayor the great need in germany for ces me to send a prayer letter to an american address I 1 don t know whether ny addres myself so you in my need I 1 don t know anyone else and so I 1 take your own name I 1 found in a news paper a little time ago we are fugitives futi tives from east prussia with out native country and with out possessions I 1 live with my mother in a most modest cottage and pov erty and hunger are ever guests at us I 1 beg you politely dear may or to give farther this letter to your country people who are ready to help us I 1 beg politely for a reply your very respectfully hildegard Got tengen deutschland british zone |