Jan introduced us to Luitenant Schaap, the chief of police in Zierikzee, and his two henchmen, van...
Most of the proprietary foods we found were substitutes or artificial. So we would often find Sago, Rice,...
We knew that there was a German post at Vianen but were prepared to accept the possibility of a suitable...
Phil and I ate this magnificent meal sitting side by side on the sloping lids of the fodder bins near the...
It was a bizarre scene, the four of us around the work bench, Phil and I providing the light from our...
I continued to keep my end up but it appeared that he wasn't just referring to that evening but to the...
This time as we met van de Beek he explained that he though it was wiser if only a small group went...
The stairs from the passage led above to a central attic off which were small bedrooms overlooking the...
Passing Phil on the stairs we exchanged comments which reflected on the parentage or lack of in Veldwebels....
Herman had indeed stayed in van de Beek's company from the morning of the 6th until the evening of the...
The Germans allowed a couple of Dutch Red Cross members to come into the camp and give us a Christmas...
While he was talking to Phil I started on the Unter-Officier with my limited German of "mussens,...
Soon after this the silence of the corridor was disturbed by the occasional shouting out of cell numbers...
Every morning of course there was a roll-call when all the prisoners except the lame and the halt had to...
"Stalag Luft One located at Barth overrun by Russians 30 April contains approximately 7500 US Air Corps...
Before this we had already sent home telegrams; received a kit issue; had a meal; showered; changed into...