Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Grinzens

2008-07-07

1945

Back in Kufstein, 100 men - like the military order - Company, a company commander and platoon leader, squad leader and so on, divided. Then, having let 'us heraufmarschieren of Kufstein on Schaftenau, Langkampfen until after Kirchbichl in Wörgl. And in the night, then back again. Back to Schaftenau. So they prepared a camp, every 20 meters distance electric lamps. since in two, three days 8,000 men were together. Since we have received a daily ration of American snack food, what the Americans have gotten a snack. These were two small doses. In a pasta with sausage were in it and in the other were a couple of biscuits in it. The was our daily ration. Then there was a water point where one is queued for hours until we got a drop of water. There was no roof, there was no solid ground, the was on a field! On bare ground. Since we are situated below 14 days. Of course, according to hunger and thirst. And then we went by train habenssie out until after Zorneding, which is in Bavaria. South, southeast of Munich. And from there we marched off again until after Parsdorf, 70 km east of Munich. And there we were housed in a big farmer in the barn. As 160 men were together. Then again they were a field kitchen, kitchen Wehrmacht. A bucket filled with water for 160 men to 850 grams 5 canned meat, since more eyes have looked into it than out. And then we got lunch and dinner, a can full of liquid. But there was nothing to bite in it, that was all to drink. We have become weak. We had to work anything. But when we got up, then we have become black. They were also of Lower lads here, as we are. And the farmer, who has had pigs. And a sow that has given young. And they have the afterbirth, the Seiberling, thrown on the dunghill. and the boys have brought it back, washed and made a stew out of it. Then you know how the famine was! When I come home, so I no longer tolerate the food.