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Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home

9 December 1943 Stalag VIIIA, Görlitz, Germany

9 December 1943 Stalag VIIIA, Görlitz, Germany

My Dear Jean,

We had our big disappointment of course. 'Finito la guerre' did not mean so much. Hope you and Mum & Dad have not worried too much. Some got away but most of us are safely in Germany. I have work in a sugar factory. The hours are long but the job is not too bad and has its points and I am feeling the benefit of the exercise. Red Cross parcels are again arriving. Of course we have had a complete change of diet and potatoes and cabbage take the place of macaroni and rice. We had a very interesting journey through Austrian Tyrol and Germany and are now near Breslow. Have had our first snow but not feeling the cold too bitterly. Have no idea where old cobbers are now but have two or three good chaps with me. Work alongside Poles, Russians, French, Belgians, in fact all races. Darling, life still goes on - it must come our way soon. You are now as always my love and life.