3. Kriegstagebuch von Walter Naumann (Dezember 1916-April 1917), item 27

• November 22, 2017 16:20:41 Thomas A. Lingner

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  That's no war, that's: having vacation.

  To-day I went in the morning

  to Martin as I could not take a 

  bath as I intended to. I made

  one home myself. And that bath

  or I don't know what it is, made 

  me so happy. After the bath I 

  took a little nap and then I 

  read and read till now (9 o'clock)

  in that beautifully written book

  a scene described there just reminded 

  me to one equally

  the same which happened to me

  once: I arrived at L. Sch. came 

  along the street asking for the

  house I wanted to go. Suddenly

  I saw, far away, a face on a 

  window, that's she, I thought.

  I marched on. At the door,

  something came out, looked

  at me, laughed, put her hand

  round my neck and kissed

  me, and I kissed her too. It

  was Clara the girl I came to see

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  after 4 years absence. She was so

  glad and happy and smiled all

  over her face. Asked me questions

  Do you know, and do you remember?

  Sometimes she was

  looking in front of her, saying 

  nothing, and when I asked her

  what she was doing, she said:

  Oh I just was thinking of something.

  And I was so cold. Took

  every kindness as certain and

  everything must have been that

  way and could not be otherwise....

  Prints from H + H arrived.

  28.3.17  Schon. Elwas Kalter. Sehr Klare Luft.

  So weit wie heute hat man sellen

  sehen komen. I made A.A.F.

  went home with him, he told me

  that A. Fritsche is at 3rd Camp. Was

  a little disgusted don't know why.

  Our band played this afternoon and

  that made me happy again. Read

  Franke. But I don't like it as

  
  

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