POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 6
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Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "streng verboden",German: strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
Arrow pointing from parentheses below to after the word "finally" above
of Germany (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance; may the Hun ^should he take the trouble to decypher it^ like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P.E.L
Lines drawn from these lines leading to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "streng verboden",German: strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
Arrow pointing from parentheses below to after the word "finally" above
of Germany (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance; may the Hun ^should he take the trouble to decypher it^ like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P.E.L
Lines drawn from these lines leading to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had ^as yet^ neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "streng verboden",German: strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
Arrow pointing from parentheses below to after the word "finally" above
of Germany (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance; may the Hun ^should he take the trouble to decypher it^ like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P.E.L
Lines drawn from these lines leading to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had ^as yet^ neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden",German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
Arrow pointing from parentheses below to after the word "finally" above
of Germany (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P. E .L
Lines drawn from these lines leading to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden",German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
Arrow pointing from parentheses below to after the word "finally" above
of Germany (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P. H .L
Lines drawn from these lines leading to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden",German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
Arrow pointing from parentheses below to after the word finally above
of Germany (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P. H .L
Lines drawn from these lines leading to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden", German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
of Germany Arrow here pointing to after the word finally (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance ; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
PES
Lines from drawn from these lines to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden", German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
of Germany Arrow here pointing to after the word finally (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance ; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P E S
Lines from drawn from these lines to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden", German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
of Germany Arrow here pointing to after the word finally (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance ; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P U S
Lines from drawn from these lines to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
-
Leaves from my diary.
During my whole stay as an unwilling guest of the
Kaiser I kept a diary. This was "Streng verboden", German phrase streng verboten means strictly forbidden
and at every search (and they were numerous)
my little book had to be hidden.
Finally there seemed no chance of smuggling it out
of Germany Arrow here pointing to after the word finally (when I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland); so
after reading it carefully, I destroyed it.
The following narrative is almost entirely from
memory helped by a few short hand notes.
A duplicate of the Diary in short Hand was taken
away at Constance ; may the Hun should he take the trouble to decypher it like my
criticisms on his little ways. Naturally at
the time I wrote I felt more bitter than now
all the same I never wish to see or meet
another of the race.
P U S
Lines from drawn from these lines to a place on the adjacent page:
X To give the devil his due it is but
fair to state that I had had as yet neither
money nor personal property removed.
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Constance (Konstanz), Germany
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Document location Constance (Konstanz), Germany
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- 3963 / 243315
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- Toby Backhouse
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