| Flt. Lt. Ian William Tweddell World War II P. O. W. Diary January 12, 1917 to June 19, 1975 |
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| mashed potatoes, raisins with pineapple cream. Cool evening. Little girls crush. Drunks on roadside. Good news. Decrease in air activity. To bed 23:30 - pig on one side, cow on other. Friday, April 27 Up 09:00 after tea in bed. 3 pieces pumpernickel, pate and tea. Cool, hazy morning. Tempests as usual. Good night's sleep last night. News that we move tomorrow and go on parole. news good. Weather showery. Spuds, onions, spam supper. Early all clear. To bed 23:00. Saturday, April 28 Up 07:30; packed by 09:30. Breakfast fried egg (8 cigarettes), fried potatoes. Rainy morning. Off 11:00. All kit on wagon. Very pleasant walk. Cool. Hamberge Ratzbek, off road, over autobahn and 6 km. rough road to gut Trenthorst. Bags of trading but failed to cash in. 1/2 loaf, 7 cigarettes. 9 men in jail "fed according to convention". 2 loaves bread, marge, honey, broth with potatoes. Others picked up, given drink, returned by car. Beautiful setting here. Walk around lake last night. Fish jumping. Like oil painting. 2/7 bread and 1/8 marge issued. Good billets as compared to most. No rats; much straw, box partitions. Gerhard Graap is in chips. To bed 21:00. Good supper; spuds, cabbage, onions, spam. Good night's sleep. Rumbling to south 12 - 4. Sunday, April 29 Up 09:30. Cold, miserable day. Not much doing. Lunch cheese, spud mash. Big signal bash in afternoon. Walk around lake. Supper; Stew and flapjacks (2 hours flipping). Light in evening. Cold. Shell fire to south. Musso had it. Owner (of estate we are on) interested in Retzman cigarettes. H.A.L. and N.D.L. 10,000 acres. Good fishing in lake. Much Polish labour. Only guards on road. Little air activity. Monday, April 30 Cold, cloudy, windy. Breakfast cig. then back to bed to read New Testament. Smasher cruising. Out collecting wood in afternoon. 3 of us for 70 cigarettes; 30 for 2 1/2 kilos meal, 1/2 kilo peas, 6 eggs, 3 kilos spuds. Heavy barrage to south. Musso had it. Tuesday, May 1 Heavy barrage. Much air activity. Cold drizzily morning. Can. parcel issue. Bread party left in Lubeck. 22 miles from Lubeck. Russians in hovels. Cookie stuck in for 5 cigs. a day. In woods alone in afternoon. Meditation interrupted by Tempests being shot at. One hour later rocket jobs over. A few troops going past. 2 very fast jets flying over. Huge supper; cabbage plus potatoes, fried cod. Swing courtesy YMCA Sign bashes in afternoon; R.A.F., Union Jacks, etc. Story of old commandant going nuts. Much traffic to West. Consignment of flour in lieu of bread. Evening swing session after walk. |