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Former Member
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Wednesday, 23rd May 1945
British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz. German island of Heligoland in North Sea surrenders to British. Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader & Chief of Police, committed suicide. Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) arrested at Danish boundary. Winston Churchill resigns as British PM. Bundy carries on with his boring daily routine. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thursday, 24th May 1945
----------------------------------------The incoming reports are becoming more varied. The S.M.O.'s office is responsible for many hospitals, not only around Bad Segerberg, but also numerous hospitals in the district. This is a district which was once part of Denmark, and the Holstein accent is difficult to understand. I need someone to assist me with English translation. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 25, 2007 6:57:30 PM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Friday, 25th May 1945
----------------------------------------I, who speak hardly any German, now have a dozen assistants who speak no English. There is no list of local hospitals and no map except our own military one. On reading this, I note, on the coast nearby there is a town called Neustadt in Holstein, which is of interest to me, as my paternal grandmother came from there. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at May 26, 2007 10:30:16 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Friday, 26th May 1944
----------------------------------------In an anonymous place in the South of England, in a Reinforcement Holding Unit, in a tented camp without a NAAFI, a postal service or any organised programme, Bundy awaits his transfer to an active unit Saturday, 26th May 1945 I have no telephone, no secretary, no reading matter and no transport. I have to rely on unit transport to take me to my office and (if anybody remembers) bring me back. I don't know if the hospital management office in the back room will be open tomorrow, but there is so little to do at this stage that I might as well take the day off. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 7, 2007 11:02:44 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Sunday, 27th May 1945
No church parade (no church!). There is no spare transport to take me to the office and back, as all vehicles are required for a mass day out. I do not know if Germans take Sundays off, and have no intention of finding out, so I join the mass exodus to Bad Segerberg, where the pipers have formed a pipe band and are giving an al fresco concert in the town square. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Sunday, 28th May 1944
----------------------------------------That unit turns out to be the #194 Field Ambulance, in 15th Scottish Division. Now he will be wearing the traditional “Tam-o-Shanter”. The unit is stationed at or near Storrington, in the grounds of a desirable residence owned by a member of the Davies family. As all the men’s tents are fully occupied, Bundy and another new arrival bed down in a Nissen hut used as the unit library. The library has a copy of Edward Fitzgerald’s translations of the Rubayat of Omar Khayyam and Bundy is determined to learn the best versions by heart. Monday, 28th May 1945 The only transport available today is Cpl. Farrier’s pillion, and he collected no dispatches yesterday, so there is no point in going to the office today. I decide to do what all the others have been doing; pack my small pack full of cigarettes and take a train to Hamburg. The train arrives in the terminus at Altona, but not many people get out. I also sit fast and the train backs out of the station and goes by a loop line to Hamburg. Apart from a little trade, there is nothing to do in the ruined town, so I return the same way. [Edit 3 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 7, 2007 10:48:46 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Monday, 28th May 2007
----------------------------------------Trying to get my good friend bundy to see his mails, also that we have a new member [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at May 28, 2007 10:09:53 PM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thursday, 29th May 1941
Jews in Paris are now compelled to wear identifying yellow stars. Bundy, now a fifth year medical student, is suffering from mixed emotions again. There are four trimesters in the calendar year, but only three in the academic year, the fourth normally being the summer holiday. The summer holiday has been abolished for the duration, so every successive academic year is a whole trimester earlier than the previous one. The present year ends in December 1941. The city is now a target for German bombers and many students are either evacuated, joining Civil Defence or both. Bundy has done both, which leaves him little study time. He has to read fifth year while revising for next month's re-sit for Finals Part I, based on fourth year studies. Tuesday, 29th May 1945 Bundy returns to the office. Nobody remembers to bring him back. There is not even a pillion ride behind Cpl. Farrier. It is a long, lonely walk along the Gut Rohlstorf. There is nothing of interest on either side of the road. There is no need to tell him not to fraternise. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Tuesday 30th May 1944
----------------------------------------Bundy is inspired to compose a little verse in the style currently popularised by E.Clerihew Bentley – the “clerihew”: If ever the War Office thought Of our comfort, as surely they ought And furnished an adequate Nissen, It’s this’n. Bundy’s poetry reading is coming on well. He has only one short spell of Kitchen Police duty to perform and carries on reading with the book propped up in a safe, dry, place. Wednesday, 30th May 1945 When this month began, we seemed to be static, rather than a spear’s head. We could go no further without getting wet in the Baltic. The Canadians on our left could go on to liberate Denmark, while the Americans on our right could go further along the Baltic shore to meet the Russians. [Edit 3 times, last edit by Former Member at Jun 7, 2007 10:54:57 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thursday, 31st May 1945
The US forces, having advanced too far, are occupying land that the Yalta Conference allocated to the Russians and the Russians are not ready to take over, which is surprising because only a month ago we were led to believe they were strong enough to reach the Danish border. 15th Scottish Division is under orders to take over immediately. |
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