Show mg P SV AS SEEN HIS BY 10 NV AN 01 low walh an no a chance 1 for their alvea 1111 whenever 0 1 alie sighted another vessel I 1 lias been told piol by all others pun and als smiths lin narrative or j that palo need too not be I 1 7 repeated B P he arrived with III IT alie i rest 1 to at lilli kiel dennany alla an on a march q TZ 21 pun and u next Is dav with nil II 11 tho slid a boners a wag a sent its I 1 to duelmer boint int westphal windi I lia 1 a 04 town n about in ten tai from un the 11 holland 11 P q border alp ilp captors da on leave we were bent down there 1 in third ll class 11 ina cars smith said plus a 1 to each ten all va nian the al I 1 were a nil middle aged germana who BIT pull had been uma to at the BIT front pug and who were until home on no furlough an they IOa complained pI bitterly because ballod Ball when they JOB got a leave it 11 gasn wasn a I 1 really a vital leave at 1 all 11 they pull had to 04 op do guard pill lop duty work ion a factory TID or I 1 on a farm ola alila I 1 trip last II pa ed all IT night inq but we an upil 4 get 42 a 9 deao of pan food till we an pull had breakfast to at duel men a 1 in the morning ahe L BIT camp dul l consisted pam of jo a 9 lot of jo low wooden l 1 p unpainted poin qa shacks t with an plain laid board pin floors bog V ai aund p walla inthe inso ran bunks ow one above another each H q bunk pan had a noll bag of J straw as oj tor a mattress ill and pa two at medium alp weight l blankets q were four I 1 a of these qu shacks or in each 1 an fn closure at 4 duelmer H each N inclosure aull held about 1 1 lid prisoners bo and pull had a 12 foot barbed wire fence aan around it with an the a wire ili at 4 the top iq bent I 1 inward pi us so you I coulden couldn api upi a get 42 over 1 1 how IT many of 30 these there were each SU w ith IT its B four shacks 11 I 1 dun BUT I 1 g know lull but I 1 I 1 was as told III there al were PIT ON viol pris a boners then there was so another jain q barbed haq alie fence higher pon and thicker a on the ill outside of 1 a roadway which ran around the inn entire allu doull camp avei y J IJ feet I poni this pil p barrier was a sentry q box and a arleas inside of 10 each IT smaller inclosure there w ere 1 04 tw 0 armed 2 guards sp marching bick and pa forth N nationalities n u 1111 ii separated lulaj the bill nationalities were diat jig all dag jo ed P 1 alie j 0 french q vua prisoners were kept all by tit themselves sat they cm seemed to al TUX get the a worst treatment aj the stil russians UIl were by all themselves as pon and we americana Z were in kept ada with an the english nobody got 32 what pont tina call puts good treatment boj q breakfast every morning we am III got a piece laid of j bread as an 1 inch q and pa a q halt put and about foai I 1 inches square iba and pa a one 14 tincup du of what lull they alin ponta called ZI coffee inq but I 1 d P tina call good water joint spoiled IT I don I 1 I 1 know aon what they made it 11 too out a of but it 11 was n rotten bitter stuff pun and too not ligia even deiy X lull hot for j dinner I pan and supper we poll had the oln B same thing 2111 aery gin day turnip soup data with into j few in at it 11 tte never laib had anything else UK no meat 1 no 0 potatoes no an polut an even except IV at IT breakfast you BOX could tin take 14 1 the turnip soup or I 1 starve it 11 was just sn about enough ITS to 01 heip dial you ROA alive some amos 0 of the inn fellows got 12 so weak pla acup p q have 1 to be all earned to at the IT il hospital boull qi there jai get nourishing food tor a few aj days inq but so as soon a so as they so were V a little inn stronger they d be all mila chucked palI out jun a of the mi hospital omy chere want to much IT of what all you d p III call real suffering to at qi I daelman q pun and the gill guards spin were decent enough PIT but it I 1 much qi ot a ITT life as sent ta on no april 3 G smith PUB ond sol his fellow captives adna 0 of IT the 1 A ana vere Q sent from wol D ad iaco man 1 to the ing camp at 1 brandenburg which Is 91 on the un isavel 1 liver between berlin and pa magdeburg aguin ivov they datil PUTT had on an all night trip with an out I 1 food pa and pa crowded P al into narrow wooden PO benches in un the worst sort I 1 of al cais here we poll had a I 1 I 1 for I 1 2 guards IP and pa they all wicked evl devils at at q ali went IVIA on no L ahe all daul camp was all the inn same owns bort a of a id place 0 aa v daelman with tilot barbed pan in wire gi inner 0 J ul enclosures bondola and pa then aj a roadway AP circling al ahe whole a camp IT PUB barend a on alie outside with a wire I 1 IV at duffman they silt would turn us an out ing pan and count ia us ia twice a 4 aup inq but at 1 brandenburg og pi they slip gave us an un the nus a p dozen lla times they d keep us so plus standing q 1 in the snow VJ toi iq hours until hn some major burti would pit come up pat and verify chii ill the final a count I 1 SU by llila IT tigue our ono chois q pan had worn too out pull mot a of us actually 1 11 aue a barc tout I the prussians hauled pan and shoved int I us ill around ill like ba cattle although IT I 1 must TV sal cu I 1 PIP dido I 1 is bie a any one a a struck ila il or J dabbed tabbed p who q pip dian I 1 all have it if coming to 1 lq him TV at brandenburg anut we an TO got IT the same plo old poo food turnip boup with inin never JOA a 0 change they made pa the aw strongest of J us IV work II 11 a on j farms VV outside appl ppl aj the oli I ol sure in all clearing the BIT I palli ground pall for I 1 IT the spring bonting lon ting inq but we 0 got on no better food unit ihan the ill rest W at we nearly 1 to at P death ID to at bran there were a small it boea olo in r IT in pul poll but latil PIP dian didn I 1 begin 4 to an warm ih IT m U aj yi blankets 11 lou could I 1 ee farough qa them tt e were ik 1 all it full a of J and pt pull had 4 to haie B our 1 clothes nini in aery B EI I two 1 veela alo l a but 1 in a naple aid of j days ned u P U BIT be as bad P ful as jaia ever gets job on docks IT I 1 nis I 1 about anut 1 nady P A to 01 take at n p acs chance J IJ for I escape da I 1 on may I 1 they asked PJ for 1 culpi ll 11 4 to 2 go 0 1 aik oik XI xo on the ing docks blimp j tin oli pilli son tloyd P 01 give n us boots jq 11 ion and pa a sona mark a fp day P f III for a I 1 ti ali vilt zanna a was better aunill 11 I 1 n nil 1 in 1 ia 1 I arid pa was I 1 k 1 0 th lothes ial chii ibave ja us I 1 ulrch in ll 11 with an a it up down q the n nd P ils plon baud IT fitted vo I into 1 IT ahe no our number pan and ill the word 1111 K li war I 1 prison on no ih m illa lip die 12 ghe ns better footgear fool gear bu inq I 1 u n vere just ir as likely as not I 1 to ip I 1 on an lunt hoc poll mid one duo ainia PUB ami us en oil e yr il il ahn q 14 tte soled PIU a she 1 0 4 th ippei aar of la 11 on an pit bool ts hail n I 1 is el any 11 iturbe VIII it at tin I 1 laii binnin on no the I 1 carmi I 1 0 1 o jill get IT a pair olad of 1 PI I wooden P shoes to 01 keep dalin sax my feet too off go the lin ground there aj had p q been plumie a of red pau j cross il packages and tin V M W C 3 A IT boxes at 1 brandenburg T inq but they kann liada I 1 ou nr rh cd hen I 1 left JJ IV at luebeck a 11 B everything UA aoa hufh ill better al they kept 4 us a in I 1 y a sill big warehouse 11 on an the hamburg 2 quay pan and made us sn load poll and unload trillion ships but I 1 q here we had plia steamer ull lo bunks 4 to sleep doll in at and pa P decent 4 blankets iquina and pa it 41 tt aa luxury AIB B AI dona compain 1 ed to 0 ill the other ld places at we poll had ill the 1 same old pl bum coffee v and p 1 turnip dju soup dilo nul but our I 1 guards PI u got the BIT same then 1 in IT the summer we begin to 14 I receive ilila some clothing from MOI the 11 1 1 iolj A TV C A and pa bome a pj food boxes boa from the al UV american PIS ead 0 cross qa through doa copenhagen at what A M w 0 A WS sent tery I 1 A week I 1 we a 2 got 12 1 a q box that ml pull had 02 1 an fn it 50 gome a corned io ii IT beef veal IVOA j loaf suet into pudding condensed milk an one quarter pound of tea oil a slice a of bacon IT a can a of jini fruit SO 09 wIp cigarettes sallan no and P some tobacco qa that baw us through it 11 vitis so as 3 good 0 P we felt borry S its for the BIT poor guards pau and would gh ain e them anuil scraps tull isi they offered JJ P as high as 50 0 marks 1 for I a pound of 4 tea pay aud aj the IT bacon they I 1 would plan q have B IS glen anything 1110 or in ill nf june smith made pa iq hla nt all i titan tempt in at escape he all poll had been work nito ing 1 in a shipyard adi sdi P distant from a q lila put and managed to V elude abnia hla bill gunard in at nightfall 11 he struck out in a overland put pill but lis bill slid prison uniform alij repealed M him and pa two 1 FAUP days inter he all was 8 idva captured P put and returned plaint for the al oll tnie on of 3 trying 2 1 to escape he all wai given 19 61 P VP davs V ul in the black hole at ani v ith only IT a piece ol 01 pualo 11 end a day to 01 too eat also a big jer iuan an guard tooh juni a couple aid ot cracks IV at his J VJ face V ahe spanish ambassador an logli came 4 to a see us so americans on an june I 1 and pa prom ad past to sand p a us books pun and clothing nut but I 1 illa a saw ann of 1 them al 1 aney X PIP did begin to ad put a 7 few mad potatoes om into IT the turnip soup too PUB occasionally ial al I sit they gun put pid about five big pounds a of meat into the soup dous supply tor am men uv another 44 1 D getaway AD A 43 chance I 1 in october I 1 made apt up ft my S mind put to ol take another on IS a ay lh ships we were dian I 1 were oil plying q be 1 luebeck pan and IS swedish elpa ports blind pan and I 1 thought I 1 might spill hide on no one of in these they carried mostly all salt into 4 to its sweden ill though liff sometimes unas some poll coal pun and coke no and they gain brought hick pig oil iron PUB and bic a I 1 never IVA a saw them at baug in sun any foodstuffs sometimes un the ger man ships w 2 out in IUla carrying NIS q barbed aj P wire it pon I 1 iron rods poi for IV the lull dij on no IT the ll IBn ibell SOUL went to 0 IT eigl S 1 I believe bal was no oue boat up the undine which ln traveled pal between I 1 I luebeck jini anil pa a swedish port pd named pa bi alin in al I 1 pol got acquainted with a swede on an q board p olit her put he all told pill me one ban a ei fellow 11 hid made his 42 1 to by 03 concealing himself in al the poll hold P my scheme vas a this ta el JIB cry mom ing 21 the IT 3 guard pi blob H get together BI a sia early SI working crew ania of 10 12 91 men him a at tour 0 militia clock he F would pi take them on I 1 board p while alq it 31 was dark 4 to get the mt hatches licul ready for I 1 the lip others inal B one suit I 1 when all X s 1 in 11 this squad IT I pill hid myself it 1 in 14 the q hallway auit where I 1 they ain always as lined pan up do aj the guard counted pat q bis 12 71 and va n glnn 1 in the lon gnp IU I 1 joined them V at me aboard the q undine output he BIT pip dian didn I 1 a know a he BIT pull had ST 18 in I 1 punta a of zi 12 ra he was IT a aerman cut anyhow 0 I 1 1 I 1 pill hid myself in the a qa combination atiqa TI an of salt not pug and sulp liui what lull it a pip did 4 to me was a ld plenty 11 my A teet lull in are 1 still IT full in of j holes and pa the ill nills all are I 1 olt my 91 1 toes ij for six 1 gap days then in linnoir long Or journe CaI smith remained In 1 in ill the hold pill when bilik 41 the p IS to at put and aj the hatch was poulan opened I lie 1 dashed down 41 the 4 to safety IVIL swedish illon 3 gave him water IW and pa food P american V baw consulate ollan an oll goupill quill him pun and aint T him to stockholm DO then not to OR A and va there he boarded the liner for I 1 home |