on the ship Alf Mendel’s letter to his family back in Offenbach, Germany, written from the ship that is taking him from Southampton to South Africa. 11/10/1936; translated by Julian Preece Alf writing from the ship between the Bay of Biscay and Madeira, 11 and 12 October 1936 See the translation and images in the pdf viewer below. A20Pages-from-ALF_sFamilyDocuments_WithTranslation