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- 7 - 12 April Wood chips, water picks, cooking at the oven in the salon. Constant visits are always more grueling. Walk to Commander's Office, completely futile. St. Stephen's Cathedral a burning torch. To cry. Visit of Jettl, Lint.Coll, Tineke Wyd. Weeping. Will everything be counted by the I.G. later? Rudi Coll. Fieber. Everything full of Russians, behind the Paulan church it should be more peaceful here still kind. Fighting area and therefore nothing to do to get rest. April 13 We have lots of soldiers in the house, 3 come up again and again to cook, sew etc. Very quiet and nice guys. In the house gate and yard horses, car, 1 Montafon cow. Rud.Coll. still 38 fever. The menage moves at noon to the Gusshausstrasse to Liesl Coll. Menage König moves to the Frankenberggasse Habighaus. Sylvia and I stay alone. Lunch in Wohllebengasse, apartment still untouched. Get things from Poillak-Speis! Shooting less. Roosevelt is said to have died, the Russians tell us. Think with fear of Ferschnitz. A prison colleague in Schwindgasse informs me that Americans should come and is sad because he fears that the CCP will not play the role, as he believed. He already saw himself as a commissioner. At night Hotel Bristol completely burned down. Because of spark flight also with us restless hours. – The housework is exhausting, fetching water, wood make from boards that store Gottlob in the yard, cooking, towing luggage for other people etc. 14.April Great night, 10 hours of sleep! In the early morning unhsere accommodation away, until afternoon hardly Russians on the road. At noon visit at the Landesbank, there met Gold and Hitschfeld. Will try to work with him from Monday. Arthur Pachta visits us, has also experienced a lot in Canovagasse.. After. New Russian stream, again much in the house. No harassment so far. In Wohllebengasse Speis looted by means of facade climbing because Mrs Pollack has with him keys. Supposedly Polit.östrerr.Committee formed, among them Nicki Maasburg and Willi Taxis as creator, Ferner Kom.Hrdlicka, General Körner, Seitz. Hold it as a one-day fly.