English Translation

(c) In addition, chocolate, smoke, etc. are sold to the population by the guards and by the French. For a pack of American cigarettes were paid in Fürstenberg as well as in Frankfurt /Oder 3o.- to 4o.. Reichsmark. d) On the occasion of a raid, which the commander of the school personally attended during his visit, was discovered in a barrack of the American Kgf. an excavated room under a bed in size of about l5 cbm. The prisoners had penetrated the concrete floor by means of the tools they had procured and had so cleverly lifted out that the opening could be closed at any time. The room was only discovered by a tent which was lowered from the roof. There were in the room: a German receiver "Mende" as well as a detector position. By means of these installations, English Wehrmacht reports were intercepted from the prisoners and distributed to the other barracks of American Kgf. as well as to Russians and French. The reports were hand-written and distributed by several prisoners, and thousands of cigarettes, canned, chocolate, soap and German and English map material were found in the room, and ready-made escape plans with some very precise information were found. It listed all border crossing points from Denmark to the south and south-east, with information on the possibilities of bribery, as well as whether or not closely guarded, etc. During this raid, it would also be noted that the prisoners tried to set a bundle of twenty-marks on fire.- To avoid seizure, 5 ooo pieces of toilet soap were thrown into the latrine. (e) In the camp, small quantities of fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, cartofills, onions, which the prisoners obtain by the same means, i.e. neither through the mediation of the French labour command nor through the guards, are confiscated, f) The confiscated items: cigarettes, soap, etc. Move from department to department and, as admitted by the officers themselves, are less and less. 3