POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 65

• June 21, 2017 17:17:59 Annick Rodriguez

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  very rich Belgian officer who used to obtain all he required

  including spirits.

  We had another search before I left this time for diaries but

  it was a poor thing & mine went through easily under

  the tops of the table. X

  The change of camps was rather a blow as I was bearing

  all my brother officers. And also judging from my previous

  experience I expected for certain to  ...  all my tobacco

  smoking now being forbidden. I and my kit were taken

  to the narch room it is true, but no narch took place

  We were put into taxis for which we paid & driven to our

  new camp. We found that 4 other English officers who had

  just come out of prison had been made to change places

  with us. Their crime had been playing Rugby football

  with German War Bread as the ball. The prisoner camps

  in Magdeburg were run by a certain Major Von Gurtz. He

  was seldom on view in the Citadel. In fact we seldom

  saw an officer till January when we had a new Captain.

  He spoke well but I mistrusted him. For the most part

  the place was tun by Petifer who walked about with a

  dog at his heels. I think he was hated nearly as much by

  the Germans as by us. This also might be said of Von Gurtz

  He was a regular officer & it was said his brother had been

  killed- by his own men. A sunless spot in which one was

  never free from German Supervision. We could see the German

  recruits drilling. It was not a very practical drill much

  time being given to play such as prisoners ban the rest was

  gymnasium, goose steps etc. We saw a draft going to the

  Russian front. They had a new service cap- to make them

  mistakeable for the Russians I presume.

• June 21, 2017 01:44:07 Annick Rodriguez

                                                  34.

  very rich Belgian officer who used to obtain all he required

  including spirits.

  We had another search before I left this time for diaries but

  it was a poor thing & mine went through easily under

  the tops of the table. X

  The change of camps was rather a blow as I was bearing

  all my brother officers. And also judging from my previous

  experience I expected for certain to  ...  all my tobacco

  
  

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