POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 82

• June 21, 2017 20:40:38 Annick Rodriguez

                                                42.

  The Canteen was run by the same man as at Schornhorst

  the same [insert] similar [/insert] things were on sale, and the feeding was identical.

  The Germans always have a Girl of sorts waiting in the canteen

  & in this case hangs a story. An Belgian officer Belgian who did

  not seem very popular ^[insert] with his own brother officers [/insert] made love to the several then lady & the

  love affair ended in the lady being about to increase the

  population  of the Fatherland. The authorities ordained that

  he must marry her. The Belgian agreed. It was fixed

  up I believe even to the honey moon. But the censor then

  made a move in the game, saying how can this be, when

  he recieves letters from another wife? He got then solitary

  confinement & the lady I take it imprisonment for holding

  intercourse with the enemy. Through she [insert] thus [/insert] got the order of

  the boot, signalling communication was kept up with a

  handkerchief till the Germans again stepped in.

  My sleeping apartment was a long room all wood with

  wooden p[insert] ar [/insert]etitions between it & the next long rooms.

  The feeding was done by messes, the tables being places

  near the window end. Thus we had over little table

  to ourselves . The beds were along the side of the room.

  It was now summer so the window was permitted to be

  open. I was at the far corner away from the windows

  & opposite the door. Though the boards did not fit well

  & the window in the passage was open, I found it at

  first very stuffy & could  not sleep. Not long after however

  a slip was cut in the board just over my head & it

  became much better.

  Things in a way were  much more lax on this side. No

  German for instance came to see if one was out of

  bed. The  ...  [insert] at shornhorst [/insert] was now open [insert] daily [/insert] cold water only for half

• June 21, 2017 20:38:45 Annick Rodriguez

                                                42.

  The Canteen was run by the same man as at Schornhorst

  the same [insert] similar [/insert] things were on sale, and the feeding was identical.

  The Germans always have a Girl of sorts waiting in the canteen

  & in this case hangs a story. An Belgian officer Belgian who did

  not seem very popular ^[insert] with his own brother officers [/insert] made love to the several then lady & the

  love affair ended in the lady being about to increase the

  population  of the Fatherland. The authorities ordained that

  he must marry her. The Belgian agreed. It was fixed

  up I believe even to the honey moon. But the censor then

  made a move in the game, saying how can this be, when

  he recieves letters from another wife? He got then solitary

  confinement & the lady I take it imprisonment for holding

  intercourse with the enemy. Through she [insert] thus [/insert] got the order of

  the boot, signalling communication was kept up with a

  handkerchief till the Germans again stepped in.

  My sleeping apartment was a long room all wood with

  wooden p[insert] ar [/insert]etitions between it & the next long rooms.

  The feeding was done by messes, the tables being places

  near the window end. Thus we had over little table

  to ourselves . The beds were along the side of the room.

  It was now summer so the window was permitted to be

  open. I was at the far corner away from the windows

  & opposite the door. Though the boards did not fit well

  & the window in the passage was open, I found it at

  first very stuffy & could  not sleep. Not long after however

  a slip was cut in the board just over my head & it

  became much better.

  
  

  
  

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• June 21, 2017 18:46:37 Annick Rodriguez

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  The Canteen was run by the

  
  

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