POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 159
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71 ... top right of page
A hair cutter came twice a week with a boy about 11. There
was a lady who sold watches some with luminous dails. [SIC]
There is, a local tailor & a tailor from Halle the latter,
wasa kind of cheap jack who must have coined money.The N.C.O. usually present was a Socialist. The local
tailor must have demand 12" in girth, during the time I saw him. He was always on
the subject of privations. I got a suit of mufti from this
local tailorfellow & a criminal offence. One and all, All they wanted was money.Our place was a mass of Flag Poles. There was no less
than 4 in official use. On the occasion of "Fahnen ... " ... German for Flags; Fahnen heraus = Let fly the Colour command
the flags of the 4 central powers flew from the various
poles - except the one at the top of the house which only
flew the German rag. When we asked on the occasion
of the success! of the last German Loan why the flags
were up - the sentry whose job it was, replied "another
... ".
One day a drunken Russian on appel dashed up to the flag
pole & tried to pull the flags down & he and the German
officer had a shouting match. I think the matter ended
then.
Our letters during the greatest part of
our timemy stay werecensored at Osnabruck. There were two censors P3 & P7.
P3 used to make remarks in pencil. It was an unsatisfactory
arrangement & one was always complaining
of the delay in receipt of letters & the time they took
to get home. The first censoring was done at Hamel ... Hameln & I
think it was even worse then. I personally have any
amount of letters missing.
We elected to dig our tunnel from the bottom hut into the
covered drain. In summer there was little water in it
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71 ... top right of page
A hair cutter came twice a week with a boy about 11. There
was a lady who sold watches some with luminous dails. [SIC]
There is, a local tailor & a tailor from Halle the latter,
wasa kind of cheap jack who must have coined money.The N.C.O. usually present was a Socialist. The local
tailor must have demand 12" in girth, during the time I saw him. He was always on
the subject of privations. I got a suit of mufti from this
local tailorfellow & a criminal offence. One and all, All they wanted was money.Our place was a mass of Flag Poles. There was no less
than 4 in official use. On the occasion of "Fahnen ... " ... German for Flags
the flags of the 4 central powers flew from the various
poles - except the one at the top of the house which only
flew the German rag. When we asked on the occasion
of the success! of the last German Loan why the flags
were up - the sentry whose job it was, replied "another
... ".
One day a drunken Russian on appel dashed up to the flag
pole & tried to pull the flags down & he and the German
officer had a shouting match. I think the matter ended
then.
Our letters during the greatest part of
our timemy stay werecensored at Osnabruck. There were two censors P3 & P7.
P3 used to make remarks in pencil. It was an unsatisfactory
arrangement & one was always complaining
of the delay in receipt of letters & the time they took
to get home. The first censoring was done at Hamel ... Hameln & I
think it was even worse then. I personally have any
amount of letters missing.
We elected to dig our tunnel from the bottom hut into the
covered drain. In summer there was little water in it
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A hair cutter came twice a week with a boy about 11. There
was a lady who sold watches some with luminous dails. [SIC]
There is, a local tailor & a tailor from Halle the latter,
wasa kind of cheap jack who must have coined money.The N.C.O. usually present was a Socialist. The local
tailor must have demand 12" in girth, during the time I saw him. He was always on
the subject of privations. I got a suit of mufti from this
local tailorfellow & a criminal offence. One and all, All they wanted was money.Our place was a mass of Flag Poles. There was no less
than 4 in official use. On the occasion of "Fahnen ... " ... German for Flags
the flags of the 4 central powers flew from the various
poles - except the one at the top of the house which only
flew the German rag. When we asked on the occasion
of the success! of the last German Loan why the flags
were up - the sentry whose job it was, replied "another
... ".
One day a drunken Russian on appel dashed up to the flag
pole & tried to pull the flags down & he and the German
officer had a shouting match. I think the matter ended
then.
Our letters during the greatest part of
our timemy stay werecensored at Osnabruck. There were two censors P3 & P7.
P3 used to make remarks in pencil. It was an unsatisfactory
arrangement & one was always complaining
of the delay in receipt of letters & the time they took
to get home. The first censoring was done at Hassel & I
think it was even worse then. I personally have any
amount of letters missing.
We elected to dig our tunnel from the bottom hut into the
covered drain. In summer there was little water in it
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A hair cutter came twice a week with a boy about 11. There
was a lady who sold watches some with luminous dails. [SIC]
There is, a local tailor & a tailor from Halle the latter,
wasa kind of cheap jack&who must have coined money.The N.C.O. usually present was a Socialist. The local
tailor must have demand 12" in girth, during the time I saw him. He was always on
the subject of privations. I got a suit of mufti from this
local tailorfellow & a criminal offence. One and all, All they wanted was money.Our place was a mass of Flag Poles. There was no less
than 4 in official use. On the occasion of "Fahnen ... " ... German for Flags
the flags of the 4 central powers flew from the various
poles - except the one at the top of the house which only
flew the German rag. When we asked on the occasion
of the success? of the last German Loan why the flags
were up - the sentry whose job it was, replied "another
... ".
One day a drunken Russian on appel dashed up to the flag
pole & tried to pull the flags down & he and the German
officer had a shouting match. I think the matter ended
then.
Our letters during the greatest part of
our at timemy stay werecensored at Osnabruck. There were two censors P3 & P7.
P3 used to make remarks in pencil. It was an unsatisfactory
arrangement & one was always complaining
of he delay in receipt of letters & the time they took
to get home. The first censoring was Done at Hassel & I
think it was even worse then. I personally have any
amount of letters missing.
We elected to dig our tunnel from the bottom hut into the
covered drain. In summer there was little water in it
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A hair cutter came twice a week with a boy about 11. There
was a lady who sold watches some with luminous dails. [SIC]
There is, a local tailor & a tailor from Halle the latter,
wasa kind of cheap jack&who must have coined money.The N.C.O. usually present was a Socialist. The local
tailor must have demand 12" in girth, during the time I saw him. He was always on
the subject of privations. I got a suit of mufti from this
local tailorfellow & a criminal offence. One and all, All they wanted was money.
Description
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Osnabrück Prison Camp
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Hameln Work Camp
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Tailor from Halle
Location(s)
Document location Osnabrück Prison Camp
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Additional document location Hameln Work Camp
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Additional document location Tailor from Halle
- ID
- 3963 / 243468
- Contributor
- Toby Backhouse
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