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- 3 - 30 March Nerves worse. No understanding, no cigarettes. Feels that no one outside suspects where I am. To lip and gold notes sent with request for Advocates and cigarettes. Afternoon personal condition very bad and blackest imaginations. Then Mami's psalm word for word went through and perfect calming. It was like if a black curtain were suddenly gone. Even with thoughts of worst eventuality completely familiar u. no nervousness, against which our good Weinberger fear goes sweating on & off. A nice underdoctor, Dr.Roth, is a good speech. His situation is also rather critical, it seems. He knows me from the sailing flying in the CSR times. 31 March Every hour anyone is called to come to court, which is always very exciting, because you do not know whether site court (normal court martial) or stand court. Also "New" come again and again. Despite dirt and sardine box fill, it is a good thing that so few individual cells are here. 01. April Easter Sunday. One of us broke out on the occasion of the march in air shelters. We scratch in the basement at the emergency exit, but it will probably not go far because of lack of tools. I am against escape, as long as you can't know or hope. If only you wouldn't be so dirty! The guys here are unique: The giant ?Dotzmann? (in peace 2x manslaughter) rather grand and I evade him, the jurist wine trade, clever guy, very funny, talks only too much about his case, which is certainly the most interesting for him, but not for me. The coffee house „Saxophon-player Riha, a small mobile monkey, sympath. Gauner, since his 14. 8 years of age in prison (only thirty years old), my special friend Hansl Stummer, called Sculpe, little Viennese pupil with EKI, nevertheless in six years only private, since constantly imprisoned, a murder-skerl. All are careless in spite of serious crimes (darkening units, deserting, giant skirmishes, etc.) only Weinberger can not calm down and his head smokes with excitement. The Russians allegedly in Wr. Neustadt. A few have been released by the court for probation, Allgem. Aufbream. Footnote 01.IV.: EKI – Iron Cross first class.