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Prison camp escape hopes in Courtrai diary notes
A WWI officer recounts two weeks in Courtrai prisoner camp, life under German guards, daily rations, cooties, air raids, and friendships across national lines. He details a planned banquet, furtive trades for food, co-operative gambling on bread, and a bold escape attempt that never materialized, ending with transport to Ghent.
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