Relatives of World War II ex-combatants receive an emotional surprise

April 29, 2019

80 years after the war, they found 75 written letters of Soviet soldiers and sought their addressees.

75 letters of Soviet soldiers who fought during the Second World War They were found in the basement of a former post office. Some were sent to their families, authorities said. Veterans Council of Chebarkul, a city in southern Russia.

Svetlana Kolodikina, vice-president of this organization, he said that the letters had been lost in a post office that was going to be closed. "They found the letters in the basement just as they started building a shop in this old mail office.", Informed Kolodkina, and said the package contained 75 letters that should have been sent in 1943.

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As noted, it took a week to clean using brushes each of the envelopes and leaves, dirt and dust accumulated for nearly 80 years. Once this step was completed, they were able to reset the addresses and data of the recipients.

Kolodikina said that They decided to meet the family members of the soldiers. "We have created a group called" Letter of 43 "in Odnoklásniki (the Russian social network), which mainly involves older users, and we publish the list of addresses," he said. The list has also been published in the local newspaper.

The first response came from the village of Bishkil, a letter from the great-granddaughter of one of the shippers. And since the beginning of the research, they have already found ten families who recognized their loved ones on the list.

"Today, in the morning, they called two people and told them that it was his great-grandparents.They want to pick up the letters," said Kolodkina.

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From the press room of the Russian regional post office, they expressed surprise at the discovery. Svetlana Zamátina said that "for the moment, it is impossible to determine how these letters reached the place where they were found and why they were not sent to their respective destinations. "

For its part, Kolodikina said that the Veterans Council will continue its investigations until June 22. Then, all letters whose recipients are not found will be given to the Regional Museum of Mail History.