Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1945, Cairo, Egypt Whih dries chapters n Forstenzer thal47am of my i exp Grienci m one would fold May Peoples eyes have opened nazi uncivil perhaps now my Story on november 1938 the nazis crashed into our Homes As sudden As they burst into All Over several Hundred thousand jews were beaten and a tagged out of their Homes in the greatest planned my Latner and twin brother were taken to the Penitentiary in Brunswick where we forced to sign papers placing ourselves m the protective custody1 of the Gestapo against an enraged German people no sought reprisals for the assassination of a German Oai cml in Paris v the German other than is knew Lille about later our is guards hustled us Oit Bucu Enaid in lash ing those who were slow Watn leather among us were boys 01 14 and men of they herded us the Gate on the double Ike if you stumbled you were whipped or slammed with a Rifle Rne Black uniformed guards walked abusive orders to form a Long and lost no Opportunity to kick or strike anyone out of Han Gauntlet the Loudspeaker spewed a Bittler Harangue about the soands jews no ought to be entirely ext Ermin it pronounced us prison users of the third Reich for Tho rest of our then they started to move us from the big Parade grounds to u buried wire 1 to a Gest Pumau with a list and was Given an eight figure serial then Tola you Sonora Bitch stretched before me was a Long Gauntlet of is men who held Sticks and whips in their 1 would to race through the two lines in order to reach the barbed wire some 200 Yards it was not dark but dark enough to ohs cure the stumps and broken terrain along the others before me had stumbled or been tripped by and consequently took Mer Ciless thank god 1 was 17 and for i ran weaved a Little and dodged the my who was joined us with a bleeding but be suffered a Ner tuis break each of the held l use the word Barracks of a specific picture it brings to the ii it a thinly constructed Shack without stoves or about men were Able to be crammed into it because we slept on rough wooden hoards which Rose four tiers to we were like so Many books on men were half with fear and there Wen Many doctors among Lihty Wen throughout our stay we had no medical supplies what Soever we never saw never shaved or got there were no sanitary the stink of blood and breath and dirty clothes and human refuse All Over the floor made me vomit the first two we never received More than one meal a when they fed us it was watery Rice which gave most of us sometimes a weak soup or a few sips of Coffee from Rusty can Tim sometimes we did nut eat Forstenzer for two Days and once nothing passed my lips for three life was cheap human lives didst count at by about one Hundred of us died another Hundred went who were men who were men who were businessmen and were now ragged in a living the nazis were just having a lot 01 Tun with Louici Nave lined a All up and machine gunned us m the but they they Cociu have emptied our Nock dul they instead they would make occasional collections Wun tin boxes for German Relief or the Peoples and made us pay one Mark Lor use of the world War canteen cups when Coince was passed they made us at stiff attention Tor eight hours at a while is men Siren by walked Bejune if you Inovel you were pushed out 01 pounced upon Ana daily torture period i dont know what serious Offen ses a Man coins comma untied such nut Mere were Tor Tures and killings every some could i keep up the double time us mum sipped Down to catch their tuners stacked in their these were provocation enough Tor l saw Severus men Nung by their Leet 1 saw some have their ears Cut 1 saw men every evening Bent Over a Lulu aim Jasnau to death by a team of live ii cause we were such a Large group it was possible for u person Uke mys ii 10 keep our of i m Way and though nobody escaped in Ami my release irom Buchenwald after two weeks is another Jong i first appreciated the pre Eton Ness us Iive Soiu when 1 reach to the Low not walked Mure 1 ate and drank All 1 the first thing 1 bought was u Bone of coca cola at u Road u was the first time the u was also the Best one Ive Tver alter 1 arrived in new York peo ple questioned me about my shorn when 1 explained that 1 had just come from u taxi Ron Cen Ira Tum Camp asked what did you to innit l con Del them that in ice Many did not to of a mine to be put in such human incredible j look Back i i Surh horrors in Dib la 10 Pershing ill the of John who is at rued Here he has Ltd for was reported this by a War Wirshing is actor Jon a jilted by the said had Luada it Grade in ail Othir physical and was ordered to for in Guenon May Hes i1 by Matt Mcdade at uie naval air technical training Cen Ter at a civilian employee set about recently to prove that Mankind is Ever he circulated a touch Sheet calling for donations to a fund for the widow of the unknown and in no time found himself with 11 the Deloose was returned to re faced for free when that Miracle happens and you again set foot in the never never land of Shang i one of the first things on your array sche Dule is a super duper its completely on the and if you can stand the you can go Back for listen to this Bill fare pan broiled Fried onions or onion Snowflake or French Fried buttered buttered Corn and string head lettuce with stuffed one pint of hot Rolls and ice pastry Coffee cinnamon cake or Tea or and fresh drooling when Johnny comes marching Ansi tells us that Mae whose observations on certain aspects of life Are always interesting if not offers the following bit of advice to wives and sweethearts of homing gis get in build up sur plus youll need weekly Roundup of items from Camp newspapers Here there sad sack the Saddest mail Call of All was experienced recently by letter hungry us at the mail hag finally Arri Ved with one mail and it contained Only one Lone pc Good neighbor ill Thomas is having a Lough Jesse time filipinos hat he is a Ood full from Jesse is a blooded Choctaw Indian Oklahoma but the filipinos he lieu that he could Only be one of them albeit that he hails from the Friend is Folk Are deeply wounded when Jesse refuses to chatter with them in life begins at 100 obviously tired of the easy thing at the Sai lors snug in new William Lark packed it All up recently and stole away into the hut Hure Aii of missing per sons police think they where to look for the 100yearold retired Seaman confided to inmates at the snug Home that he was running away to join the merchant Busman Holiday prizes just ask Hoberg Anderson of who was awarded having travelled Miles in the line of his excellent service and fact that his mileage exceeded that of any other my in the Cheyenne area prompted the it was a ride to my one for certainly one of the Camp papers biggest jobs is to see to it that is As Well informed As humanly possible on All efforts now made to Sec to it that such Camp papers Arent created at some later Date by another so it is that the san Francisco conference is carrying top position in the command it is like Wise extremely important that All the issues be made however Complex or clouded they must seem at first As Bonjour inquiring Herman Belferman poses Juat such a question which shows great interest in the event but be trays confusion in he asks his a Al Fellows what should be discussed at the san Francisco conference this ques Tion is beside the for what was to be discussed at san fran Cisco was decided and made Public Long that is implementing Dumbarton any answers to Belferman question Are bound to especially since some of the suggestions obviously will not come under disappointment therefore will result in i less the Aims Are clearly in backlog keeps this notion As the main of its top Story on san in admirably Clear editor Orville f Lincks paper Points out the conference is not a peace its primary Job is not to Settle the myriad immediate problems of transport administration of Axis hand Ling of pos and slave labor and Relief which face the Allied nations after be the primary purpose of the meeting is to establish a foundation for permanent responsible International cooperation for world the Dumbarton Oaks proposals form the bases for Dis Cussion and the Broad plan to come out of the Parley will be some to of the Oaks tentative organization which was beaten out m prolonged discussions and then submitted to the respective govern ments of the United nations for examination and debate before the present conference convened to backlog highest Praise for keeping ils Eye on the Ball its a temptation of let the tangents creep into what we expect from the Golden Gate hut such a Well defined attitude As will do a Heck of a lot of a i times dept inv 19 re ports in passing another of those thwarted army careers which is scarcely Ever the fault of the individual involved hut simply a matter of the Breaks and which Way the wind it seems that it april Robert Himberger was promoted to Corporal him Herger made april 1 had months before what this department will sorely miss is Zinies my in Sand Jim Kinter is homeward bound for and loss of his Oinie will make Middle East a and Jim has writ ten of Bis adventures with the foist and his for most of Bis m Middle months and editor Karl Harris has wisely decided thai no one could do Justice enough to Oinie to continue the column so this is his jims Oiler he Porter on the will Conti nue under someone heres a Brief take of the so long1 co Lumn 1 will not go soft about leavin Rny readers because we Are in the army and we Are not supposed to be i will Telly that although i am Goin i do not like to leave of course me Bein Only one i and not two makes this almost since i can Only be in one place at a i got a lot of friends Here and some other Guys 1 owe Money maybe that leaves at it was a grand and there Are a lot of us who like to see them ajl collected under one illustrations by that Able wit of lots of Luck to Only of the doubtless Many Victory extras published in the command have arrived in these but these Are pretty both will be lasting moments for their spymaster came out in a four Page edition tuesday including not Only the news of the signing of the unconditional sur but also some paragraphs on How the Payne fielders received the the reporter ably summarized All the Public we heard by pointing out All seemed to feel that talking about the news would somehow kill the inside pages record some of the big stones of the the Battles and the per or vivid is the word for Zero a one in Germany quits in red and pictures or six War humans Sheet had two novelties on Page the lines 5 jr8t8 Days and monday 3 Eri Jyh t t and at the Bottom of the of the two Page Spe Oil a picture of Hitler with the heading 994 years Short and ils ni8 one years h i ia8t that must have been ticker 1 of to Lei who Date to the annl own Date to the dance uni Ritis that sex Mckay said he was sorry rut u dln1 Check s As in Shn n but somebody should Tell her about her its was ahead of the rest of she did have a figure like a Leo Pardess j wonder memorial for Pyle quiet but impressive memorial ceremony Honor of Ernie Pyle was held this week on the University of new Mexico in Pyles Home a Marine corps chorus Sang the i War correspondents favorite and one of his Best known columns was read aloud persons attending service were Given Mei Norful booklets on Conchie going Strong in starvation Derby Thirl v be and emaciated conscientious who volunteered to themselves to a diet equal to that Given in Germany worst prison have passed the half Way Mark in their fast of six from the reactions of the human scientists Hope to discover the most effective diet in bringing a starving person Back to non into Home Robert Pat Terson revealed in before departing for that the War Hopes to Salvage 10 percent 01 army equipment in Europe fur use m the Pacific War
