POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 104
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quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornhorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows superscript mark indecipherable "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
the 101st. Army Corps the 73rd Division. Proficient in what
languages! "Zulu" & so on. It was of course somewhat
difficult at another camp to remember ones previous answers.
The Germans however would swallow most things.
At Schornhorst the 'the' amended from 'he' [insert] Hun [/insert] fumed & threatened imprisonment, it was
in von Gertz days – But as I said to the Captain You have
no right to ask these questions – this he acknowledged to
be the fact – & there the matter dropped.
This camp Clausthal was supposed by the Germans to be one of
the best in Germany. In some ways perhaps it was. During
1916. the German Government spent a matter of a few hundred
pounds in buying ornamental trees – These were put in
all over the place & we were confined mostly to the
paths – Roses [insert] cumcuts lilacs [/insert] & numerous [insert] other [/insert] varrieties. They were planted
by the Russian gardener who declared that 50% would
not grow as they were totally unfit to withstand the
climate. I think Horn had rather a mania for Tree
culture . SU 86. Note A
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornhorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows superscript mark indecipherable "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
the 101st. Army Corps the 73rd Division. Proficient in what
languages! "Zulu" & so on. It was of course somewhat
difficult at another camp to remember ones previous answers.
The Germans however would swallow most things.
At Schornhorst the 'the' amended from 'he' [insert] Hun [/insert] fumed & threatened imprisonment, it was
in von Gertz days – But as I said to the Captain You have
no right to ask these questions – this he acknowledged to
be the fact – & there the matter dropped.
This camp Clausthal was supposed by the Germans to be one of
the best in Germany. In some ways perhaps it was. During
1916. the German Government spent a matter of a few hundred
pounds in buying ornamental trees – These were put in
all over the place & we were confined mostly to the
paths – Roses [insert] cumcuts lilacs [/insert] & numerous [insert] other [/insert] varrieties. They were planted
by the Russian gardener who declared that 50% would
not grow as they were totally unfit to withstand the
climate
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornhorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows superscript mark indecipherable "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
the 101st. Army Corps the 73rd Division. Proficient in what
languages! "Zulu" & so on. It was of course somewhat
difficult at another camp to remember ones previous answers.
The Germans however would swallow most things.
At Schornhorst the 'the' amended from 'he' [insert] Hun [/insert] fumed & threatened imprisonment, it was
in von Gertz days – But as I said to the Captain You have
no right to ask these questions – this he acknowledged to
be the fact – & there the matter dropped.
This camp Clausthal was supposed by the Germans to be one of
the best in Germany. In some ways perhaps it was. During
1916. the German Government spent a matter of a few hundred
pounds in buying ornamental trees – These were put in
all over the place & we were confined mostly to the
paths – Roses [insert] cumcuts lilacs [/insert] & numerous [insert] other [/insert] varrieties. They were planted
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornhorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows superscript mark indecipherable "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
the 101st. Army Corps the 73rd Division. Proficient in what
languages! "Zulu" & so on. It was of course somewhat
difficult at another camp to remember ones previous answers.
The Germans however would swallow most things.
At Schornhorst the 'the' amended from 'he' [insert] Hun [/insert] fumed & threatened imprisonment, it was
in von Gertz days – But as I said to the Captain You have
no right to ask these questions – this he acknowledged to
be the fact – & then
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornhorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows superscript mark indecipherable "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
the 101st. Army Corps the 73rd Division. Proficient in what
languages! "Zulu" & so on. It was of course somewhat
difficult at another camp to remember ones previous answers.
The Germans however would swallow most things.
At Schornhorst the 'the' amended from 'he' [insert] Hun [/insert] fumed & threatened imprisonment, it was
-
51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornhorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows superscript mark indecipherable "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
the 101st. Army Corps the 73rd Division. Proficient in what
languages! "Zulu" & so on. It was of course somewhat
difficult at another camp to remember ones previous answers.
The Germans however would swallow most things.
At Schornhorst they
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornkorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows "Trade before the war" – superscript A "Lion tamer." In
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornkorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humourtumbled to the fact that
his[insert] their [/insert] leg was being pulled. Mineran much as follows
-
51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornkorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
way that even the Germans [insert] possessing as they do [/insert]
withno sense of humour
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51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
from camp to camp, but each camp made a new
one. I doubt if any one [insert] of [/insert] mine agreed in a single detail.
At Schornkorst the returns were filled in in such a ludicous
-
51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
Rose day of the K.O.Y.L.I thus I speak with a certain
amount of experience.
The Germans did not seem to send ones descriptive return
-
51.
quite a good dinner for a dinner party. It has always been
my policy not to spend money in this country so I did
not [insert] as a rule [/insert] indulge in these luxuries. I however attended two
dinner parties, one on St Andrew night & one on the
day
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