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Sidney Kirschner
Letter to Sala Garncarz, in transliterated Yiddish, New York, April 23, 1946
NYPL, Dorot Jewish Division, Sala Garncarz Collection
Dearest Sala,
How happy I am, because today I received mail from you. And what
a letter!!! Your letter containing the letter from the army in
Frankfurt was the best news of all. Now it can’t take that
much longer. My God, enough time has gone by that I haven’t
been able to be together with my Sala, my Sala, who is my whole
life. I’m counting every day, every minute until you come
to me. The little cutting is from a paper here in New York and
it says that the longest it will take for you to come here is
the end of the sixth month. Maybe you can come much sooner. I
need you very much.
Don’t be afraid to go onto the ship, Sala. From my own
journeys I can tell you that I didn’t get sick, the journey
was very nice. Only my heart was aching, because I knew that I
left you back in Ansbach.... How many times I nearly cried just
to be together with you, but I got over it thinking that you’ll
come soon. That’s the same thing. I’m missing you
very much. Now I know what real love means. Every minute we’re
not together is too much.
The first day of my return home was very nice. All my brothers
and my sister with her child were there. The first thing they
said was, ‘Mazel Tov’—and asked for photos of
you right away. Everybody, everybody says how beautiful you are.
I already told them a long time ago in one of my letters. Now,
I don’t need anything now, only you. Since you’re
there, Sala, I’m very happy. I’m now working in the
store as I used to. Mama keeps talking of the time when you will
be here. We will have a wedding soon—a big wedding, as it
ought to be. We will talk more about you when you get here. And
your sister, maybe we can bring her over to America. Only come,
my dear Sala, there are so many things for us to do, come to me
soon. Amen.
My mother is very happy that you received the parcel. Was everything
okay? Is everything okay??? Have you received the money from David?
He was supposed to give you money that had arrived for me. Do
you have enough??? If you need any, tell Moineck—I’ll
give it back to him in America. As you told me not to, I won’t
send you any more parcels—but I’ll send one to your
sister, if only you’ll let me know what to send.
Are you well, precious Sala? I hope that everything is in order.
My Mother and Grandmother send best and warmest regards. Give
my regards to everyone in Ansbach.
Yours, forever, Sidney
