There were even pall
bearers. Several days later some of the men killed the remaining cat
and ate it. Probably it was not from hunger, but just to say they had
eaten a cat in prison camp.
We had a room in the theatre building for a news room where we had
maps of Germany and two German newspapers were posted which gave
some information (even if you didn't understand German). I remember
seeing a copy of the paper on the day the Allied invasion began. It
said 'Die invasion is begun'. If I could have gotten a copy I would
have liked to bring it home. The maps in the news room had to have
the front marked according to the German news we got the correct
version from the BBC.
The British in the next compound had a radio which they took apart
And different men carried the parts. They put it back together Just
for the broadcasts. The news was written down and passed to the other
compounds by way of the hospital building. Usually someone had to
make a trip there each day and It was read to us in the newsroom
after making certain that there were no guards in or around the
barracks. The one who read the news was Abe (I forget his last name)
who was Jewish and always afraid of what the Germans might do to him.
Ht would break out in a sweat while reading, but refused to give up
the job to anyone else. He never lost the fear that the guards would
find out what he was reading and how he got it.
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