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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0030 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 May 1943 Pagination: 8 p. ; 18.2 x 13.4 cm. Order a Copy

Sylvia went to work and met her new supervisor (a man). She told her male co-workers to stop treating her differently because she knows what she is doing. Asks about whether he will be getting a furlough, or should she come out to the West coast to him. Says the Axis put up a resistance on the Russian front to a point; but knows this is the beginning of the end.

Ebinger-Brooklyn Bakery 1878-1972
Barracini-Chain of candy shops in New York City.
Axis-The alignment of nations (Germany, Japan, Italy) that fought against the Allies (US, Great Britain, Russia) in World War II.
Russian Front- Eastern Theater of War fought by the Axis against Russia in World War II.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

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