Partial Transcript of Letter from Katherine Fite to Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Fite

are several stadia (Nazi) in Nuremberg, hall. the heart of Nazidom. Saw There the SS Caserno and the unfinished party Distances After all we are military occupants. I did however the our mens didn't bother me. out shopping for German toys. We had cocktails from Mr. on Mur- letter 3 balk terrace at office where going at I Frankfurt, chatted with also à State with Dept a Colonel man sent Fairman down from andhasked the Judge if phy's Advocate's office. He is Fite. a political I think science he taught professor at Stamford, and for Emerson Hotel Daddy I dinner were once related where tried I to sat to next get him to the for British Vassar. Attorney Back to General, the Grand and very patches sweet in and dignified and late over - dinner and had to be back in our quarters suave with moth holes in his suit another. We The sat curfey for Germans is 10 6'clock. (Incidentally, through abso- they by say eleven. the German girls etreete- won't ruins fraternize) - no street The lights trip home and motorcycles rooms lutely deserted - was eerie) We were more than comfortable German in puffs. our The - with screeching good linen and hot water and the inevitable with General Betts, the Justice asked me to the si European down when Theater we got of back Operations and his assist- business Judge ant, and I the Advocate felt afore as though mentioned in I were Col. in Fairman. very high We quarters, went to over the but famous a bit spoke of Sports up none Sta- the less. In the morning we were jeeped out It looks grassgrown and dium shoddy where All they the had swastikas their enormous down. It congresses. all looks transitory and taken- as I of said shoddy. We I shall get a copy or so. Saw SS prisoners city being where marched the climbed up on Hitler's rostrum and had photos which I hope Then back de-tle into the heart of the old and the SS re- from destruction work. is so complete. Our forces were attacking called in British air treated there and refused the annihilation to surrender. took 50 So minutes they - others, and two I hours. think way forces. DE Some Say shell prisonere of the of war cathedral remains it thousan was could be restored. German prisoners of war are being brought in this week to start cleaning up the city. Some parts of the old city they said we couldn*t go in - corpses still unburied. In places throughout the city you can smell the sewage, and maybe corpses. In the old city they are still living in cellars five stories deep - They say they're foul. The Army keeps referring to the DP's - displaced persons whom they herd. Saw an Italian flag flying over the center for Italian DP's And people sitting in front of the forlorn Barnhof waiting to get onto some train. You see lots of men on the streets. We were told the Arm has already released 2 mullion. The American Army is superb. Everywhere, Scotland, London, Nure berg. The boys are so handsome and so couteous. And the efficiency with which they handle you and everyone is astonishing. They feed you and inoculate you and billet you and fly you witht he most astonishing efficiency. Our trip back was unnoteworthy. We flew at 10,000 feet to avoid the bumpiness lower down so that our French Judge would be more comfor able. Four hours against the wind, and we were back in London - or rather Bovingdon, 25 miles out Justice J. is a grand person - very simple - very witty - very deit kind and thoughtful. And a very heavy load on his shoulders. He has for some of us to hear a case in the House of Lords tomorrow through "the Attorney as the British say, I suppose. I believe I am to be included - by virtue of my female and perhaps State Dept status. It makes it a bit embarrassing to be included, when my Army colleagues with whom I work much of the time are not. But they're grand persons (whom I greatly prefer to Navy and oss) and don't seem to begrudge it TRUMAN to me. this It is after 12 and I must stop. I shall hope to hear from you "INATIONAL APCHIVES AND RECORDS week all my love a ADMIN." Telter.