Flea Market Love Letters

21 September 1944 Dallas Texas Dear dorothy It has been a long time since I last wrote you I guess that you think I don’t intend to write...

In the summer of 2015 I began collecting vintage love letters as a hobby and in 2017 I began an Instagram account called...

For the first time in the history of Flea Market Love Letter's we've shared a work in translation, most notably the childhood diary of...

We just arrived here. Of course it’s raining – like always when the “weather birds” arrive. The Schafberg is cloaked in clouds – as I see...

Soon Easter holidays will start, but I believe I have mixed feelings about them because I lost my beautiful golden fountain pen on...

Mondsee July* 6, 1934 While Mrs. ALWINE DOLLFUß was in Vienna attending her husband’s funeral, their two children were playing on the...

Mondsee July 30, 1934 The name of the new Chancellor is Dr. Karl Schuschig Everything that was left of our Chancellor was buried in a...

Mondsee July 29, 1934 On July 25th 1934 something terrible happened – a big blow for the whole Austria. The Chancellor Dr. Engelbert...

Mondsee July 10, 1934 Today my mother assigned me to wake up Dizci bácsi cause it was already 5 p.m. As I did so, he snapped at me that I...

Mondsee July 6, 1934 We have a little bird’s nest on our balcony. It used to be a swallow nest, but now redstarts live in it. There are 3...

Mondsee June 28, 1934 As we came home from a walk a few days ago, singing and happy, an accident happened. Prankel’s fence door had been...

Mondsee June 24, 1934 Finally we are back at Mondsee! Such beautiful weather, but we won‘t go swimming on the first day, I don’t know...

On June 2nd something very sad happened. The black dog of uncle Berci was accidentally shot to death. We are all horrified. Uncle Muhr...

Men’s Horseback Riding Dizci bácsi only won second prize, colonel Magoszázi snatched away the first prize from him. I wish he hadn’t...

Tomorrow Dizci bácsi will be riding at a competition! Hopefully he will win first prize, I wish that for him! I will have my exam soon, I...

Miskolc May 18, 1934 I‘m a bit upset, but now I noticed that auntie Elly is also upset. Today after the class I wanted to learn a bit...

Miskolc February 1934 Poor Locki is sick in bed and uncle Muhr has broken his finger. I don’t know if that is entirely true, cause I...

Miskolc February 6, 1934 The poor Dizci bácsi has to work a lot at the moment as he will have to make a speech because he wants to thank...

Miskolc, February 5, 1934 A few girls did a not so bad joke on me the other day. I went ice-skating. There was a boy who started...

Miskolcz, January 18, 1934 Today I didn’t go riding because I have such a blister on my foot that I didn’t even fit into my boots. I have...