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... Mosley’s reason for not fighting is that he does not consider England or the Empire threatened in any way.… Here in the village the local children go to school at 8 a.m. and the evacuees in the afternoon.… Some theatres open in London and many star companies touring provinces – but terrible unemployment in theatrical profession in rank and file....
A bike is more precious than gold, for price of even the small petrol ration is going up. People buying horses (and carriages – if there were any to get).… How impossible it is to be logical: one’s heart melts with pity at the corpses of young German airmen washed up on Norfolk and Yorkshire coast; they aren’t the corpses of Hitler and Ribbentrop! ...
So very much love from Colette.
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette], Letter, 3 November 1939
Case Study:
“Life or Death of the World”: Letters from England and Scandinavia, 1939-1945
Creator:
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette]
Source:
letter
Date:
3 November 1939
Collection/Fonds:
Contributer:
McMaster University Libraries
Rights:
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Identifier:
00001231-4
Language:
eng
Type:
image
Format:
jpg
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