OJ 14/10, [32] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated February 11, 1938

Rosa and Arnold Weil are planning to holiday again imminently in Hofgastein. – Jeanette’s last letter was melancholic and complained of eye trouble. – Rosa alludes to their “fears” without enlarging, and later to “troubles." – She reports Lene’s uncertainty as to whether to enter medical practice, and also on a further death in the family and its impact.

OJ 14/10, [34] Handwritten letter with envelope from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated April 2, 1938

{Rosa Weil replies to a letter from Jeanette in Italy, the content of which cannot be fully understood but must have reflected the German annexation of Austria on March 11–13, and ensuing attacks on Jewish persons.] Rosa (in Czechoslovakia) says only “events of recent times have gripped us.” — Rosa and Arnold have just spent three weeks in Hofgastein taking the cure. She asks Jeanette how long she will stay in Italy and whether she has quit her Vienna apartment and possessions. — Paul Schiff has financial problems. — Hella’s condition is unchanged and her husband has formed another relationship. — Rosa challenges Jeanette’s low opinion of Emma Schiff (Winternitz). — Lene’s husband has been ill. — Hans and Hedl Delmonte have moved to Lisbon.