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DUBUOUER IN GERMANiPRISON CAMP 2 YEARSiCont!HU©d )*****hold w«jr»‘ horrible and we wc*r*' tscarcely able to turn around because { of the congestion.Given Diluted Soup.foot! they gave us was , I soup, diluted with water, which received twice a day. They gave usr*‘*c4(r■HKon oyr way to Kiel the raider pn countered three more British ships and after a stiff fight took their crewsprisoner One of the British shipssucceeded in hitting the .raider and we had to lay to a day and a lialf:. for repairs. When we landed at Kiel !the biy square heads in ?he coun tr\ were at the d*lt; k to see tlndr•famous * raider Thousands gathered to see the prisoners marcthe* m ret If. Th^y pot us I nr soitip f cattle trucks and sent us to Jmlmei, ;It was cold and there was about three*.- .t now on the ground. W« r* \ lt;•lt;! «.151 ’* on howl ot soup a tu)We arrived a• i njiin- r at night andhad to remain in the cold until the next morning. We were given a bath and put our clothes through the delouser. ami anybody who had good clothes had ihem taken away \\’e were here a week and then sen * toBrandenburgFood Was Rotten.After two weeks at Brandenburg .cwere aent tojii camp a* Subeek. The only captives ^who remained at Brandenburg were a VII was one. .§111 wasi n lt; y\ \ •••% f* i'. -5**... hospital a month tnd then was j vhoved «• a r be it on the railroad. I ►was slt;» wejtk I could it a r c i .■ stand upind tiie food thev gave us was rooen. For breakfast we were given coffWof acorns. That was breakfast.tinner was made of sour turnip soup,,er the same. In the eveningvp received our daily bread ration-f*n ii piece about as big as a man st was sour and black and was made J*f barley and sawdust I ate that five months and then theled Cross discovered we were at this 1lt;C]1 * 1and began sending us ^pod par I workedSon thef railroad sevencnontTried to Escaoe.I managed to sneak away from *one night and get down to the ' yards. I hid on a tram and « my way to a place called Man- j , elm, about 30 kilometers from Switz-rland. 1 was caught trying to get of the station and sent back to jirr ndenburg. They gave ine 10 days it cells on a bread and water ;let When 1 was released they sent to a strafe camp at a place called, about ten miles from the j.nip. 1 was up there three weeks nd smashed my foot while I was .irkme and was sent back to theospital.Tried to Escape Again.\ few months later another fellowand 1 tried to escape but*were caught j about forty kilometers from the camp. JThis time they gave me fifteen days 1 in the dark cells While I was im | prisoned no care was taken of my foot and consequently it was in pretty bad 11shape. The put me on “sitting down work peeling potatoes, making brooms and other tasks. That wasn’t so hard ’and I camouflaged my foot until the jarmistice was signed. .'The Russians and Italians had the worst time. The never received anyparcels and many dmd every day from starvation and disease. The Kngliahand Americans were all right for they had the Red Cross food parcels and plenty of warm clothes and shoes furnished by the m«rcy organization.We could hardly believe it when we were told the armistice had been sign-, ed and that the war had ended. Every*! one in the camp and in the city cele-1 brated. They kept us in the camp, however, for a month or more, but we were given more liberty than ever.From Brandenburg they sent us toWjarnemun -ay, Germany, and placed us upon a Red Gross ship bound for Denmark We were at Aarus oneweek, but the Danes gave us the best of treatment. From Denmark we were sent to Leith, Scotland and from there to Liverpool, and believe me I sure was glad to get back to the states. No more Europe for mine.With love,JOHN.
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Apr 06, 1919
Page 22
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Lyn B.
USA 11 Nov 2019
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