To: Staff Sergeant 32008856

Henry K. SILBERMAM

X.10.~ 0.2.— Co.G.- 2nd E.G.A. I

A.P.O. 658 Regt

c/O Postmaster ,New York City

From: Dr. E. Sllberman

611 W.113 Str

New Yorl City

December 12 th 44

No.32

Dear Heniz,

Yesterday Luz Hamburger gave me 5 packages of Camel cigarettes for you two of which I have sent off to-day. If you can spare a few minutes, do write him a few lines. His address is 395 E. 4. Str. Brooklyn to thank him. Grete Hamburger took a snap of us and should it turn out well we shall send you the photo. One of to day's cigarettes is wrapped in a celluloid box with my initials I got at a Dental Show last week.

Referring to your letter we received today I have broken myself of the inveterate Jewish habit to premeditate. To solve the problem after the end of the war may be reserved to a remote future not depending alone on the Germans’ attitude. It will not be an easy task as long as the purest ideas of democracy and freedom of thought will be mingled with considerations of profit and business and with hypocrisy from the notion of which many statesmen do not discard even at present times, there will no solution be achieved at all on the basis of negotiations, but left to revolutions. lt goes without saying that the chances are better as U.S. are participating and no better evidence could be given of her neutrality and good will not reluctant to make known their conception of people's right to choose the government as Stettlnus did and unanimously the newspapers, and was expressed too in broadcasting in opposition to Churchill and Eden led by dynastic regards. Had U.S. been a member of the Ligue of Nations and counterbalanced egoistic decisions of deputies guided by the orders of their government, not conforming to the risrht of the matterm war would have been avoided.There should have been one opinion of the infringement of the regulations of the Ligue when Japan attacked China,Italy Abessymia Italy amd Germany sent armies to Spain against the legitimate Spanish government, in vain protested the Chinese ambassador, in vein Professor Negri, in vain the emperor of Abyssynia in Geneva! In the British parliament Mr. Baldwin declared not to take sight of China in agreement with the delegates in Geneva, who acted by order of Downing Street, not aa delegates and members of the league of nations. lt is a hollow and lame excuse supporters of the then policy say now, it was a political error. Not in the least. The motifs were purely egoistic, in contrast to the most elementary ideas of righteousness. Now millions have to pay for it; a pious and religious man would say it is God's punishment, but again millions of innocent people have to suffer from not stupidity, rather from conscious wrongs committed for the sake of invested interests.

With best regards in love

[Handwritten] Dear Heinz! I was very glad to get two letters today. Father smokes cigars but lately the quality has become rather high so he sticks to his pipes gives reference to base(?) cigars. All my love mother.