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Prison Camp Hell at Neustrelitz and Wittenberg Escape
Gunter Depew recalls brutal conditions at Neustrelitz and Wittenberg during a WWI prisoner journey. Sentries inflicted harsh discipline, food was scarce, and beds were damp with rotting shavings. Suffering included frostbite, sickness, and constant threat of beating as trains and barracks packed men into freezing spaces. A rare cigarette at Minden offered a brief respite amid hunger and fear.
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Merchant Marine
Siberia
Frits
Orst
Feild
Kitche
Germany
Neustrellis
Fritz
Neustrelits
Wittenberg
Essen
Yarrowdale
Minden
Dulmen