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Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 7:16 AM

Dear V.,

in this "prebombing" moment, I'm sending you a few words. Here today, a considerable panic has taken hold, everyone is buying bread and medicines. Tetka O. and Teca L. want to go to Macke and to take tetka B (a 92 year old woman). They're worried that if there is no more electricity, that they won't be able to climb 10 flights by themselves. Nothing has been decided, because tetka b. doesn't want to leave, and is inviting us to stay with her, since her building has a bomb shelter. I keep sort of fatalistically thinking that the worst won't happen, but it's thick, very thick here. We're truly under pressure and stress. Otherwise we're ok, if we set aside this situation. I hope you will get this, because at work the phones haven't been working since this morning. Love you and sending you our greetings, M, T, and S.

 

Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 8:07 PM

Dear V.,

i'm writing you in between two attacks. we are in the basement and were sitting down there until the air raid siren stopped, then we climbed back up (6 flights of stairs) and had to immediately run back into the basement. I have come back upstairs, but T and S are still downstairs. I was cold and wanted to send you this. The telephone has been blocked since this began. There are many attacks all over Serbia and Montenegro. So there it is, what I didn't believe would happen is now happening. Love, M.

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