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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Monday, 21st May 1945
----------------------------------------I opened up the S.M.O. office. You do not want to know what I did there - do you? It was just boring routine. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 25, 2009 10:47:37 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Tuesday, 22nd May 1945
I had finished the setting-up. Now I had nothing to do but stare through the window at the empty road and that full car park. The vehicles were still all stationary, as no civilian had a British driving permit . |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Wednesday, 23rd May 1945
----------------------------------------British military police arrested Admiral Karl Doenitz. German island of Heligoland in North Sea surrendered to British. Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader & Chief of Police, committed suicide. Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce) arrested at Danish boundary. Winston Churchill resigned as British PM. I carried on with my boring daily routine. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 25, 2009 10:45:58 AM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Thursday, 24th May
The incoming reports were becoming more varied. The S.M.O.s office was 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 needed someone to assist me with English translation. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Friday, 25th May 1945
I, who spoke no German, now had a dozen assistants who spoke no English. There was no list of local hospitals and no map except a military one of ours. In this I noticed that on the coast nearby there was a town called Neustadt in Holstein which was of interest, as my grandmother came from there. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Saturday, 26th May 1945
----------------------------------------I had no telephone, no secretary, no reading matter and no transport. I relied on unit transport to take me to my office and (if anybody remembered) bring me back. I found an abandoned German razor and blades and adopted it, as blades for my Ever Ready razor were scarce there. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 26, 2009 9:29:39 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!). I had no transport to take me to the office and back, as all vehicles were required for a mass day out. I did not know if Germans took Sundays off, and had no intention of finding out, so joined the mass exodus to Bad Segerberg, where the pipers had formed a pipe band and were 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 |
Monday, 28th May 1945
The only transport available this day was Cpl. Farrier’s pillion, and he collected no dispatches yesterday, so there was no point in going to the office this day. I did what all the others had been doing; I packed my small pack full of cigarettes and took a train to Hamburg. The train arrived in the terminus at Altona, but not many people get out. I also sat fast and the train backed out of the station by a loop line to Hamburg. Apart from a little barter trade, there was nothing to do in the ruined town, so I returned the same way. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Tuesday, 29th May 1945
I returned to the office. Nobody remembered to bring me back. There was not even a pillion ride behind Cpl. Farrier. It was a long, lonely walk along the Gut Rohlstorf. There was nothing of interest on either side of the road, not a vehicle, civilian or military to give me a lift. There was no need to tell me not to fraternise |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Wednesday, 30th May 1945 When this month began, we seemed to be static, rather than a spear’s head. We could have gone no further without getting wet in the Baltic. The Armoured units of 2nd Army and the Canadians on our left could go on to liberate Denmark, while the Americans on our right could have gone further along the Baltic shore. |
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