Letter from Joel M. Halpern to Nettie and Carl Halpern
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Written in Cannes, France, this letter from Joel Halpern to his parents was written during his trip to Europe in 1949. In this letter, Halpern describes his trips along Eastern Italian cities and his thoughts on the swimming in the Mediterranean Sea at Capri, Italy. The letter is cut off mid sentence on page 6 and no other pages are available. Halpern describes attempting to enter the Monte Carlo Casino but being denied because he did not have his passport and was not 21 years old. The letter continues to describe his trip from Nice to Cannes and into San Raphael.
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