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Dorothy May's German passport including a head and shoulder portrait, personal details and scope of the pass. Includes travel stamps from the French and British Consulates.

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Paul May's duplicate conscript identification document, with a head and shoulder portrait, personal details and military postings. Includes details of Paul having sustained a wound, requiring hospital treatment.

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A history of Frieburg and the surrounding area including 'before and after' photographs showing damage caused by wartime bombing; some with annotations.

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Paul May's ancestral passport including details of three generations of his family.

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Dorothy and Pau's visitor's book including messages, poems and drawings during the period 5 April 1938 to 13 May 1945.

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An advertising sign "Auto reparaturen garagen" is painted on a street wall. Further along the tree lined street is an industrial building with a tall brick chimney alongside. Reverse annotated, 'M 705 Falkensteinstraße 202/207 Nr 184 (?9)'.

View of the reverse of a multi storey block of residential flats with steep roofs and dormer windows. Washing hangs across the balconies of the flats. The block is behind a hedge next to a cobbled road with pavement to either side, across which a dog…

View along a cobbled road with pavements on either side. There are multi storey residential buildings at the far end and industrial buildings with a tall brick chimney at the near end. Reverse annotated, 'F'straße Nr 158'.

View of buildings, one with a wooden fence and open gateway, has a sign attached to the wall. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 286 N'straße. N3 Huber Schweinerei'.

View of a woodturning business with surrounding buildings. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 283'.

View of buildings along a tree lined street with shops on the ground floor. One building has 'Backerei' painted on the side wall. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 285 (Nr4) W'straße'.

View of a two storey house with a tiled roof and dormer windows. There are other building on either side of the property, with metal railings and an industrial chimney in the background. Reverse annotated, 'Nr 281'.

View along a tree lined residential street with blocks of three storey houses with tiled roofs and dormer windows. Metal railing surround the properties adjacent to the pavement. Reverse annotated, 'M & Us Nägeleseestra' Nr 280 (Nr 16-20)'.

Paul May's student identity card for the winter term including a head and shoulder portrait.

Dorothy's identity card including a head and shoulder portrait, fingerprints and personal information.

A woman crouches down talking to a boy. They are on a pavement by a curtained window with flowerpots on the sill. Reverse annotated, '1937' and printed 'Foto Dietzgen, 2139, Freiburg i/Br'.

Two women, with a boy, stand on a pavement by a window with flowers on the sill. Reverse annotated, '1937' and printed 'Foto Dietzgen, 21369, Freiburg i/Br'.

View of a tree lined residential street. The two storey terraced houses has a tiled roof with dormer windows and chimneys. Reverse annotated, "NL 284 (Haus NR 6&8) Nägeleseestraße".

An envelope addressed to Paul May by Dorothy.

A view of the theatre in Freiburg with a red tiled roof.

1) A four storey uniform building with a tiled roof and dormer windows. The widows on each storey have external shutters and there are bicycles leaning against the railings to the front of the building. Annotated n the reverse.

2) A modern view…

Paul May’s student council identity card for the theatre including a half portrait.

Dorothy replies to Paul's three letters. She is worried about news that the Russians have made a breakthrough and that the Germans have blown up one of their own field posts. Dorothy describes the new ration cards issued at home but says that the…

Dorothy writes to Paul, expressing her delight at receiving three letters from him. She discusses the various railway lines which may have been taken by the Russians as Paul's letters were sent by air mail. Dorothy explains that her lights have been…

A series of German newspaper birth, death and birthday announcements are followed by a letter from "Mog" to her "Teddy" dated 2nd January, Freiburg.

Teddy is said to be in Russia and Mog is clearly distressed at his absence and lack of letters.…