19. Oktober 1949
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When we left the camp - about 200 men - there were women and children at the camp gate begging us for bread. My God, what has become of our precious Germany!
19 Oct 49. We are standing at the barrier on the Soviet Zone side. Over there is the Friedland camp. One last check of our papers by Vopos[1], and then the barrier goes up. A small stream of people returning home flows across the “border”. The Friedland camp pastor comes towards us with outstretched arms: “Welcome to freedom!”
In the camp, we were immediately led into a room where a man warmly asked us to remember the fates of the missing, despite our joy at returning home. The walls of the corridor were full of photos of missing comrades and we were asked to look at them to see if we knew any of them. While he was still talking to us, he suddenly pointed at me and said: ‘We saw each other five years ago in the main camp in Riga!’ I was surprised that he recognised me even here in the crowd. Unfortunately, I couldn’t remember him myself.
We can buy the clothes we need very cheaply here in the camp because many companies give their products to the camp at very low prices or even for free. I buy a pair of shoes.
Once again we get new papers. This time they’re British, and they are important because from now on they will always serve as identification card for me.
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- ↑ Volkspolizei officers, actually the German Border Police, just like on 17.10.49