They got there a week ahead
of us. Ironic things like this seemed to happen to me all through
these years. I stayed that night in a very large building 1ike a gym
or a warehouse and we were packed in so tightly that there was barely
room to lay down. There was only one small light bulb hanging about
forty feet up on the ceiling. You couldn't see anything once it got
dark. In the night when someone had to go to the bathroom there was
no light to see by or room to keep from stepping on someone. We just
ran as fast as we could, with our shoes off, over the top of
everyone. There was only one small door at the far end of the
building and everyone that was stepped on would yell, swear and wake
up the rest of us. At least it was dark so they didn't know who did
it to them. When we got up the next morning they were passing out
watery barley soup from a big drum outside the building. This was the
first hot food we had had in four days and we were very hungry. I got
a cup full and took a big drink of it. The broth was so hot I burned
my tongue and mouth so I couldn't taste the rest of it. I downed it
all and was warmed inside. I was lucky not to have any back problems
on this march as the weight of all my belongings in the bottom of the
coat really pulled on my shoulders. When we left this place we walked
a few miles to the railroad yards where we were to make the two day
trip by train to Nuremburg and Camp X-111D.
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