Mister Omer Emblanc
1123 7th Street
Boulder Conty
Boulder Colorado
Amerique of The Nôrd

sends of Monsier and madame Allart Deruel
2003 city of the morocco has Grenay
Pas-de-calais						

Grenay the 17 november 1947

Chèr brother and sour,

I rèspond has your kind letter that we have riçu with pleasure one apprenent that you etait all one good health as qu'a all of us the health and always good. To the moment to the i you written we are one grêve all the minor of The North and of The Pas-de-calais but for ansi say Chér brother and sour all the Françe the situation is not too brilliant we have grandement misère the SALARIES his too low to the catch that we earn you was knowing that one Françe since that the WAR and finished it na plus nothing who walks me who job to the mine since l'age of 14 years i not to is never known A LIFE as she d'aujourd'hui one   plus purchase nothing for inhabit parque we gagnion not somewhat to eat it question of farmer a new gourver parqu'il must that the changes this not to is plus A LIFE we have euse THE OCCUPATION German while 4 years that he we one ready made see jusqu'a fusilé of the poor unhappy you sais Chér brother and sour one loves them not at all this rau the now talking a can of the FAMILY its health and always good ansi that sais childs as qu'a Rosalie san Marries and pensiammé of the since 4 may Josephine it there deja a moment that i the pitches seen san marries i believe that he must be pensianné the most happy.  It is yet Jeanne parqu'el has fact of the black market as we said it has much who this his enriched to the ditriment of the poor malheureus do from the market like this you was knowing they are not difficult but one is not well received quant one goes him re-enters visit you was knowing it na not such as to remain at sais now chér you etait for we send some pairs of shoe but here it is not for you gêner sends we of the linen or of the lainage parque we have plus nothing has we put it is well unhappy chér brother and sour to have recourse has you finally çhas that you should be able to we send i you one remerci has the advance.  Now, i will you sleep a can on the situation one Françe on this except a ourrier earns for 12 journeé of job. 800 Françs 800 Françs for journeé auvrier to the carbon but as may that i job has the maintenance i earns 500 Françs but you was knowing the hard to LIVE a sais of potato 500 Françs for 50 kilogrammes 1 kilogrammes of butter, 700 Françs then see the life that we menons question of costume and of linen we can purchase it with its fortnight for a costume 10.000 Françs the catch of the house before the WAR. Chér brother and sour,   seing greater chase has you say for the moment if not qu'a you embrace all affectuesement and embrace well your childs for we ansi that uncle aunt cousin and cousin said has Arthur ansi qu'a kind that he sends me A Letter ansi that their photograph.  You chér sour ansi that Omer j'attant the your of photograph ansi that she of your childs i that the next that you m'ecriverez you will put the photograph and   be plus if lenght has we ecrire parque we sum pleased to receive of your new especially that you être if boin finally chér brother and sour good health has you all and a lot of here one Francçe our sour  terminates.  Compliments has tauté the family you embraces of all courtyard i of the riponses the most tot possible.