Guide to the Maria Kruper Letters MSS.2333
Kruper, Maria
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Maria Kruper Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2333
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (two letters)
- Dates:
1947-1948
- Abstract:
Two letters (one in German and one in English) from Maria Kruper of Munster, Westphalia, British Zone, Germany to relatives (family Herm. Kreienbrink) in Louisville, Kentucky in 1948. There is no translation available at this time for the letter in German.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains two letters (one in German and one in English) from Maria Kruper of Muster, Westphalia, Germany (in the British Zone) to relatives (family Herm. Kreienbrink) in Louisville, Kentucky. She explains that she "accidentally found" her uncle's address, but said that she hoped to hear from them occasionally. She goes on to explain that both her parents had been killed by an air raid in 1940 and that in 1944 she lost her own lodgings. From that time on, she lived with her sister. By 1948, she was married but had no children and still lived with her sister, who was also married with two children (there is no mention of either husband). She ends saying that "at present nobdy envies us in Germany for conditions are very bad over here, especially because we are unable to buy anything. In spite of it we hope that conditions will improve." (There is no translation available at this time for the letter in German.)
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Maria Kruper Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
Maria Kruper lived in Munster, Westphalia, Germany (in the British Zone) after World War Two. Both of Kruper's parents were killed by an air raid in 1940 and in 1944 she lost her own lodgings; after that she lived with her sister. By 1948, she was married but had no children and still lived with her sister, who was also married with two children (there is no mention of the husbands).
Letters Box SC0010 Folder 2333.01