POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 68

• June 21, 2017 02:22:40 L Brittain

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  CAVALIER SCHORNHORST
  

  As the sentry in the taxi told me of the camps in Magdeburg
  

  this was the best. It had its drawbacks however when I
  

  first went there.
  

  Cavalier Schornhorst was a semicircular fort with a railing
  

  and a guard room behind. It was watched by sentries from
  

  the top of the parapet. The interior of the semicircle was the
  

  whole of the exercise ground + it was very small further
  

  as our side faced north it was not till March that the
  

  ground got any sun.  This was its great disadvantage.
  

  At present the ground was covered with snow +great
  

  icicles hung from the roof.  When the snow went there
  

  was mud +water.
  

  There we lived by rule we had an appel at 8:30, another in
  

  the middle of the day, one in the afternoon at 4 and
  

  the Germans used to visit us when in bed-otherwise they
  

  left us alone. Our appels did not take long about 1/4
  

  of the time that they took at Wagonhaun over the way.
  

  Wet or fine they took place outside in the court.
  

  I now heard numerous tales about VON GURTZ who was
  

  often around.  He it was who was really responsible for the
  

  nonsmoking + stoppage of parcels.
  

  All the rest of the English from Burg where at either this place
  

  or Waginhause except the small party we left on their

  way to Halle. On appel here we always fell in by
  

  rooms.  The regime here and Wagonhause were the same.
  

  Later they were put under different officers, but they
  

  were run on the same lines.
  

  The fort was two stories high. I was again in No 8 on the
  

  ground floor. The  .vueanyhad been caused by the murder
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• June 21, 2017 02:11:09 L Brittain

                                                                                                                                        35.
  

  CAVALIER SCHORNHORST
  

  As the sentry in the taxi told me of the camps in Magdeburg
  

  this was the best. It had its drawbacks however when I
  

  first went there.
  

  Cavalier Schornhorst was a semicircular fort with a railing
  

  and a guard room behind. It was watched by sentries from
  

  the top of the parapet. The interior of the semicircle was the
  

  whole of the exercise ground + it was very small further
  

  as our side faced north it was not till March that the
  

  ground got any sun.  This was its great disadvantage.
  

  At present the ground was covered with snow _ great
  

  icicles hung from the roof.  When the snow went there
  

  was mud +water.
  

  There we lived by rule we had an appel at 8:30, another in
  

  the middle of the day, one in the afternoon at 4 and
  

  the Germans used to visit us when in bed-otherwise they
  

  left us alone. Our appels did not take long about 1/4
  

  of the time that they took at Wagonhaun over the way.
  

  Wet or fine they took place outside in the court.
  

  I now heard numerous tales about VON GURTZ who was
  

  often around.  He it was who was really responsible for the
  

  nonsmoking + stoppage of parcels.
  

  All the rest of the English from Burg where at either this place
  

  or Waginhause except the small party we left on their way to Halle. On appel here we always fell in by
  

  rooms.  The regime here and Wagonhause were the same.
  

  Later they were put under different officers, but they
  

  were run on the same lines.
  

  The fort was two stories high. I was again in No 8 on the
  

  ground floor. The  .vueanyhad been caused by the murder
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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