POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 155

• June 26, 2017 23:01:32 Annick Rodriguez

                                 69.

  We now had a Cinema show twice a week. Thursdays &

  Sundays. It was run by the Russians. The films were

  mostly pre-wars ones. Some vulgar, some sordid drama,

  some vicus & some educational.

  Of One event which occur[insert] r [/insert]ed in the ear;y days at Clausthal

  I have not set down. There was a mens camp about

  400 yards away which supplied the labour for the mines.

  On day we saw a man crucified there. That is hung

  up on a cross with his feet off the ground for punishment.

  A general protest was put in- the night was not repeated.

  The husband of the lady who ran the Canteen Wedeken.

  was a Feldwebel of sorts. His job was the general supervision

  of Canteens or something of that sort. He talked good

  English. Was always willing to cash a cheque at a

  small discount. This was useful at the period quite

  a short one when the pay authorities refused to give

  anything but pre-war rates. He was at any rate in

  1916 a pessimist as far as his own country was concerned

  He used to give little tit bits of news- which doubtless

  eminated from this socialist friends. We now could

  obtain all German papers including the "vorwards".

  But the was really a German as the following incident will

  show. One day  walking round the outside of the camp

  one of the watch dogs had the impertinence to bark at

  him. He drew his sword & struck it down the dogs

  mouth, with the result that the animal nearly died.

  It had not properly got over it when  I left months

  afterwards.

  Now as to the selections of German Lieutenants. First came

  Consul the reason of the nick name is obvious. He

• June 26, 2017 23:00:03 Annick Rodriguez

                                 69.

  We now had a Cinema show twice a week. Thursdays &

  Sundays. It was run by the Russians. The films were

  mostly pre-wars ones. Some vulgar, some sordid drama,

  some vicus & some educational.

  Of One event which occur[insert] r [/insert]ed in the ear;y days at Clausthal

  I have not set down. There was a mens camp about

  400 yards away which supplied the labour for the mines.

  On day we saw a man crucified there. That is hung

  up on a cross with his feet off the ground for punishment.

  A general protest was put in- the night was not repeated.

  The husband of the lady who ran the Canteen Wedeken.

  was a Feldwebel of sorts. His job was the general supervision

  of Canteens or something of that sort. He talked good

  English. Was always willing to cash a cheque at a

  small discount. This was useful at the period quite

  a short one when the pay authorities refused to give

  anything but pre-war rates. He was at any rate in

  1916 a pessimist as far as his own country was concerned

  He used to give little tit bits of news- which doubtless

  eminated from this socialist friends. We now could

  obtain all German papers including the "vorwards".

  But the was really a German as the following incident will

  show. One day  walking round the outside of the camp

  one of the watch dogs had the impertinence to bark at

  him. He drew his sword & struck it down the dogs

  mouth, with the result that the animal nearly died.

  It had not properly got over it when  I left months

  afterwards.

  Now as to the selections of German

  
  

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