13. April 1944
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Lehrter Bahnhof railway station | ![]() | |||
Cammin in Pommern | ![]() | |||
Treptow an der Rega | ![]() | |||
Military Reserve Hospital in mental institution Treptow an der Rega | ![]() | |||
Military Reserve Hospital Treptow an der Rega | ||||
Medical Battalion Stettin or Köslin | Military District Command II |
13 Apr 44. I’m standing at Lehrter Bahnhof railway station with my brother Joachim. We’re on our way to Cammin in Pomerania, where I want to celebrate my wedding on Saturday 15 April. After long discussions with the military registration office, Achim was granted leave to Cammin. I had him registered as a companion for the wounded so that he could not only travel with me, but also use 2nd class[1]. Unfortunately, he didn’t benefit much from this. The compartments are full, and as I had to sit a lot because of my foot, he had to stand in the aisle for most of the journey.
The brakes squeal. The train pulls into the small station in Cammin and then stops with a little jolt. Joachim gets off. I myself want to travel on to Trzebiatów to register at the Military Reserve Hospital in Military Reserve Hospital there. If I’m lucky, I’ll be back tonight, otherwise tomorrow morning. I show my brother our house, which is only three hundred metres from the station, and hand him my two suitcases when Carola suddenly stands next to us. As she doesn’t know my brother yet, I quickly introduce them to each other and then explain to my astonished bride that I’m travelling on to Treptow. Then Carola catches sight of the lady at the compartment window who has been sitting next to us since Szczecin and has overheard all our conversations. The ladies know each other. It’s Mrs Schwarzmeier, a war widow, with whom I’m now travelling on together because she lives in Treptow.
Trzebiatów
Trzebiatów brings back some memories. On the journey to Pustchow, where I was going to spend my summer holidays as a student with Albert, I had an hour’s wait when changing trains, which I used for a stroll through this friendly little town and which I remember fondly because of a harmless experience with two young girls.
Soon, however, these images give way to a tangible anger. I run from one office to another to finally learn that the military hospital I’m looking for is far outside the town[2]. So I hobble back to the station, meet Mrs Schwarzmeier again on the way, and then get on the little narrow-gauge railway[3], which goes out to the military hospital. An older sergeant is sitting in an admission room, to whom I explain my request: I have been transferred here for outpatient treatment, I would like to complete my admission formalities and then return to Cammin. The sergeant is very polite, but tells me straight away that it is impossible to return today. Firstly, there is no train back to the city today. Secondly, I would have to be examined first. But there was no doctor left because it was closing time,[4]. Thirdly, there would be no more outpatient treatment at all and I would have to stay in the military hospital anyway. I was speechless! I can already see the whole wedding party in gala attire waiting for me while I’m kept here. I storm the sergeant, give colour on my situation and try to find a solution. He listens to everything very calmly and composedly, but remains completely unimpressed and rejects all my suggestions. What bloody stubbornness. Here I have got to know a Pomeranian pig-head. It doesn’t help. I have to stay here for the time being.
I’ve been given a rather nice single room to stay in. A German Red Cross nurse brings me some sandwiches for supper. I’m still upset and get everything off my chest, talking about the wedding planned for the day after tomorrow and my predicament. During the course of the conversation, it turns out that the Red Cross nurse is from Cammin and knows Carola because she lives nearby. It’s something completely new to me that they all know each other in the small hamlets.
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