Case Study:
“Life or Death of the World”: Letters from England and Scandinavia, 1939-1945
Creator:
Malleson, Constance [aka O'Niel, Colette]
Source:
letter
Date:
16 September 1940
Collection/Fonds:
Contributer:
McMaster University Libraries
Rights:
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Identifier:
00001235
Language:
eng
Type:
image
Format:
jpg
Transcript:
[partial transcription]
Vehmersalmi, Finland, 16 September 1940
Dearest Bertie,
The English newspapers printed in June the articles and letters I sent them about the Peace in Finland in March! One result of that peace is that all our butter goes to Russia; and what’s left over, to Hitler. … All the fish from the whole of Scandinavia and all the timber and metal also goes to Hitler. We get our lard from U.S.A.; also some oil. … I gave up Blagdon in May – so as not to be paying two rents for the whole war. So, what I shall do when the war is over, I cannot imagine. … I can’t imagine ever being able to afford living in England again. Yet I feel suspended between two worlds: torn in two.