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Letter from Maida Riggs to Riggs family

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Riggs, Maida L Riggs family

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Letter describes traveling up the side of the Rhine River, the local residents of war-ravaged towns in Germany, visiting one of Ruth's uncles in his bombed house, Polish and Russian refugees, freed British prisoners of war, slavery, her friend's wedding, her upcoming plans, and the spring weather and flowers.
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Keywords

  1. Description And Travel
  2. Destruction And Pillage
  3. Red Cross
  4. War Work
  5. Women
  6. World War, 1939 1945

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