English Translation

10a hours belong to us corporal researchers in undiscovered countries. The forests have long since been interrupted by grassy areas of kilo-metres in size. Around the circle huge boulders lay around. Uprooted and fallen to the ground tree giants blocked the way far away. So we went through the desert wilderness before we had clean fields and meadows with friendly gelding houses in front of us again. — Finally, in 1943 we reached 44 MR a deeply cut hollow path, where we reached a "Oh, primal" With this joyful cry we jumped four little experience enriched boys from the beds and looked satisfied out of it: because suddenly windows screamed. Bright sunshine blinded our just ITT the first of our little eyes that had been rubbed off from sleep. Today was "caravan" up and fuch- the great day of walking, and we have already scared everyone, telephoned wildly with the arms that the beautiful weather as already so often changed around, beat and kicked completely. But to our satisfaction we noticed, terrible around itself. — That the weather god was gracious to us this time seemed to be a picture to us. — During the dressing we had a smile again. — But our whole plan was talked through. Then the cinem time we heard the whistle: "Get out!, and how the oiled lightnings flashed, for we heard from the parlour. — Then, for breakfast, out of his cries, we came allotted the food for the march. Right here, that it was a hornet after we grabbed our bread bag and did that, saw these also we came out of the camp — our great walk, with horrified eyes. and which was to lead us to the Slovak border, had found its beginning as on command! everything in a wild flight on We marched in a south-western direction. Whole and away. Behind great 10 hours we were available and we could rock boulders we brought ourselves and let what we wanted! Once upon a time there was something E4E in safety and observed completely different like the constant camp life. — The more with a certain shade the environment of Pustewna caught us away, so the joy of our "fighting and untouched became the mountain landscape, the fending" comrades. Now we were welcomed by the lucky ones. A so far still completely he seemed to see us, unknown world opened up. — Our way led through Bru that it was the lock, deep, silent foliage and spruce forest. To make out of the dust to the left, the narrow, convoluted path rose steeply, for the stubborn hor- to the right was the slope. Uberall, besides the twilight of the birds, still had it, was solemn silence. No one was released. So ran a draught of air moved. Between the green summits of the trees, he packed with fear further into the hollow path and looked down the steel-blue sky, which would not have dared to look around after his pursuer. mende Frühlinqsssonne painted colorfully shimmering spots Suddenly the accident raven stumbled over a stone on the soft, partly with pin-peel over and struck lángs. The whole process was so cuddly. moths and butterflies gau- as he now slowly wanted us to turn from flower to flower again. On sunny stones lay bursting out in bright laughter. The case, however, had large and small lizards and when we had a balance our gaze: the dangerous hornet had directed towards heaven, we looked up in the airs now in turn made themselves out of the dust and came a buzzard pulling its circles. Until now we were not again. — Laughing and still long over this through brighter mixed forest, but now telling qinq of this incident we moved on four migratory birds, into deep, silent spruce forests. The path became towards the Slovak border. — After a short time so narrow that we had to walk in the geese march. Almost we met a good-natured cyclist. No ray of sun came down from him to the earth. We didn't know that there was only half an hour of bird or any other animal to hear or to be far away. With fresh courage, because we had already seen. Everywhere a oppressive, uncanny silence. Afraid not to reach them any more, without being late in every living being had to return to the sunny forests camps, we gave final sprint. Again withdrawn and avoided the dark fir forest, which went through valleys and foresters, over fields and meadows; we now crossed. — But it did not take long, at last we stood with tired legs on a make- there ended the forest suddenly and we stood on a tidy mountain ridge. — Border stones walked on it de- high plateau, from which one could see far into the country. long - the sign that we had reached our destination! The view was so beautiful that we immediately lay low below us Slovakia. Like toys, the first stop was here in place - the many villages and houses in front of us in the plain. — beat. To our delight we noticed near Fern im Dunste, the mountains of the Tatras stretched into the spring of a funny spring gushing out of the earth. Greedy airy height. We slurped out of our hand the cool, crystal clear After the last rest of our marsh food in water. Then we went on; we had two more empty stomachs wandered, and we had our thirst hours to the border and these we wanted to clear on each one at a source; we entered the way home fall. Soon several paths crossed our way to Pustevna. — We were tired of being fixed and we were very often in doubt, which we should take from all time — at 7 p.m. — the camp. — However, on the basis of our map next night I dreamed of the ten-hour Wan and the compass we knelt for our own degeneration and it was as if I had them again later wonder always the right out. To experience, so clearly all pictures were before me. We had to give it: happiness was truly dear to us Today I ask myself, and all my comrades left that day. — At the fourth hour it also came: "When will the next great wandering- we go into such an inhospitable area that we will be as the day?"... John Weiß, KLV camp Pustevna. 4