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Show LVNGANDE things. Many were in a bad situation. We had ad p t th r ith uniforms for soldiers and socks and things like that which So when they came, I looked at them. The war was o er and t soldier did to my brother when they caught him. He was just thirt n or urt n old and they caught him out. He was going to town in spite of the fact that h wa n t supposed to. They caught him. He showed them his watch. He had set his watch so it would look like he didn't know it was past curfew). They took his watch and put it back according to their own watches. Gave it back, turned him around and told him to go home. So I said to myself at the time, when I saw these poor people they asked if they could get some clothing. I said, "Ja, zehn minuten" ("yes, ten minutes"). When I stepped forward, and they walked behind my back, I says, "I hadn't seen them going." BEC: Oh really? AL V: Yes. So they went over and came back with clothes. They had gotten lots of clothes and things to take care of themselves. They'd say, "Danke schoen, danke schoen." If they took too long, inspection could come, and I would go over and say, "Time's up. Get out." So that was the way it was. So many of the German girls would sneak into the soldiers. They'd go there at night. That wasn't allowed either. So once in a while, I had to put my gun on my back and walk down through there and see them there, half naked. I'd say, "Out." (laughs) They weren't allowed to be there. They had no business there. They were over on that side. That was a time. That time went too. It finally got time for me to get home again. But us soldiers had to take over. I couldn't say anything more on that part of it. I came home and went back to farming, as I had done before. But, in the meantime there, I had been on a mission, and the farm prices 36 |
