POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 71

• June 21, 2017 02:59:08 L Brittain

  The German  ...Feldivebel Lieutenant who ran both this
  

  camp + Wageonhause, name was Schmidt I think.
  

  He had been in charge of the police + was not
  

  a bad sort for a German, though I don't think
  

  he liked the English. I don't think he was at all
  

  in favour of the nonsmoking order.
  

  Von Gurtz appeared to have a particular dislike to the
  

  English.  It was prison if you did not salute him
  

  even if not wearing a cap.
  

  Soon after my arrival here I drew a Service Great
  

  Coat + Cap which had been sent from home. And
  

  my share of the Queen Mary's parcel was a
  

  pair of trousers on the large side.  For all these

  things I was duly grateful.
  

  At Torgau, Cavalier Schornhorst we were given a cupboard
  

  or half a cupboard in which to place our belongings.  These
  

  cupboards were of a sealed pattern issued to the Hun
  

  private.  In Burg + Wagonhause I had a shelf- In the
  

  later place one constructed by my predecessor
  

  
  

  
  

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• June 21, 2017 02:57:45 L Brittain

  The German  ...Feldivebel Lieutenant who ran both this
  

  camp + Wageonhause, name was Schmidt I think.
  

  He had been in charge of the police + was not
  

  a bad sort for a German, though I don't think
  

  he liked the English. I don't think he was at all
  

  in favour of the nonsmoking order.
  

  Von Gatiz appeared to have a particular dislike to the
  

  English.  It was prison if you did not salute him
  

  even if not wearing a cap.
  

  Soon after my arrival here I drew a Service Great
  

  Coat + Cap which had been sent from home. And
  

  my share of the Queen Mary's parcel was a
  

  pair of trousers on the large side.  For all these

  things I was duly grateful.
  

  At Torgau, Cavalier Schornhorst we were given a cupboard
  

  or half a cupboard in which to place our belongings.  These
  

  cupboards were of a sealed pattern issued to the Hun
  

  private.  In Burg + Wagonhause I had a shelf- In the
  

  later place one constructed by my predecessor
  

  
  

  
  

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