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Rudi Stern

   His whole class arrived in England, they were there for a while and were then interned up somewhere near Liverpool, and sent off from there to Australia. They were interned there but could continue their studies. I heard from him by letter and then I heard nothing more, but afterwards learnt that he volunteered to join the English army; whether I had anything to do with this, or could have done, I don’t know, but I do know that the ship was torpedoed and he went down with it. End of story. That was Rudi Stern.
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* On the back of the photos are the following words: “‘A person you love and a great idea which fills the soul – what more does anyone need?’ (A. Feuerbach) ‘Think of me, believe in me, wait for me, Liesl. Rudi, on the day he left, 9.5.1939“