English Translation

32 - 21 - The barracks seem to have been of very different kindness. The best was the barracks from the tsarist period. On the other hand, the lodgings in the Frovinz were partly very poor, dirty and lousy. Some of the sleep was not on single beds, beds or bunks, but on so-called "nares", wooden pedestals, on which straw bags were lying and 20 to 30 people had to sleep together. The latrines were close to the sleeping rooms, were partly filthy; also there was sometimes a lack of chlorine lime for spreading. c) The ministry began in the morning with 1/4-hour training, dispensing free exercises, then followed 1 to 2 hours of political instruction, etc. of political education. This was limited to descriptions of anti-social, geopolitical and geographical relations in the capitalist states. The motto was: fascism is death and hunger. A prisoner of war told of a comrade who, as the son of an excellent economist, had had the opportunity to travel through America and Europe. During a study, this man asked whether a question was allowed.