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

24 Nuremberg, Monday, Dec. 3. Mother and Daddy,- I was sorry to neglect you last week - but until .S weekend I didn't have a free minute for writing. Then the pressure eased I slept and had my, hair done and went to the Officers' clothing store to got one set A writes underman as experiment poilin do some shopping and went on a bus trip to Rothenberg and last but not least glorge devoted yesterday morning to writing to Mr. Hackworth which should have been etc. done a month ago. I may hols this letter a day or so to see if one of the officers can take it by hand - that is if he flies instead of going by boat. Your letters are coming through in 10-12 days. Today received one written the day before Thanks giving. We had turkey and cranberry sauce and a brief "service" for the Ameri- cans in the courtroom - the Justice presiding- Father Walsh opening with a prayer - a Jewish officer reading the Psalms and a nondescript chaplain clos'ing The which was spoiled by innumerable flashlight photos by the press. Someone - I suspect the Justice and his press man - were too overwhelmed with the novel- ty of such a scene and its press value. Should be curious yo know if it made the American papers after all the effort. The Stars and Stripes ignored PUMAN wisely. it "MATIONAL - APCHIVES AND I just missed hearing Hess' dramatic announcement the other day. s sit ting in the visitors' gallery while his lawyer was droning on and got up and the left: The press have been complaining of the dulness. That should have given them something to go to town with. We have been working hard because there was a possibility our bit would come up last week. Now I think it won't for some time. The trip to Rothenberg was lovely. This is truly beautiful country. Ap- parently we are on high tableland- tho I believe it is called the Nuremberg Kettle - being surr unded by mountains. At any rate we seemed to be-ewprownd- keep going down yesterday - to the southwest. There had been a light snow, so there were patches of white in the fields and on the roofs. (We have had snow here too but it hasn't lasted). Rothenberg is a little old fortified medieval town on an ell-shaped hill. You stand on the ramparts and look down a lovely winding valley- the Taube, I suppose - not much bigger than Wappingers. (R. au-der-Tauber. Many of the houses are painted lovely pastel shades - red - blue - green - yellow - very soft and very pretty. Part of the town is com- pletely demolished, but only a small part. They start Christmas here early here too. Each little shop window had Christmas scenes. "They are such Christ- ians" remarked 0. Chalufour. I very nearly went to Prague this weekend- - but 'twas not to be and I am really relieved. It is only 4 or 5 hours by car and Dr. Ecer - a very diffi- cult little Czech who has been on the Commission in London invited Olive Chal- ufour and me to go with him Thursday, returning next Monday. Knowing his com- plicated character, I parried and cleared it with the Justice who said no. And quite rightly I think. The man is pleasant and amusing but a bit of an inter- national trouble-maker and I don't want to be in his debt. And certainly don't want to complicate things for the Justice. So no Prague, at least this time. Vishinsky - under Molotov in the Foreign Office - and Ilya Ehrenberg, the correspondent, are here. So we are very very cosmopolitan. Yesterday at lunch t assian officer wanted bread and butter which was in front of me, a long way from him. So he simply arose, stretched out a long arm and speared it. Just stopped to ask the maid what time it was. Es kem Konn nach neune sein. I have lost the stem (winder) of my watch and can't replace it. So I am lost most of the time. Maybe I can buy a Swa l'ss