After the end of the murderous war, when contacts became possible again, Lilly and
Joseph Strauss wrote from the refugee camp ”Tynningoe Hoeganaes”, Stockholm I, to
her loved ones about her captivity. The family was not reunited yet, and details about
Emilie’s fate had not been resolved. The following text is a copy of the original,
structured by short headings:
Joseph and Lilly Strauss
Tynningö Höganäs
Stockholm I.
My special dears:
We are very happy about your lines, and are elated about being able to
communicate by letter with all dear relatives and acquaintances.
During our captivity of 3 ½ years, letters were a capital offense. Even
so, we had daredevils among us who paid for it with their lives. I can
name one, Frau Dr. Kramer from the Cologne contingent. She was half Jewish and tried
to establish contact with her German relatives. There were several similar cases. But
there were too many groups in the ghetto to know about all cases.
The contingents were divided according to the arrival of the transports. Cologne was
the first, and then ours arrived, the Kassel transport.
Deportation to Riga and Salaspils