From Fire to Faith and Freedom

They found a hole in the camp fence and were only stopped when a sentry fired over their heads. Back in they went but

Unfortunately the same thing happened

and we were hauled before the same

commandant again. When he saw us he went red in the face and started banging the table. So, as we didn't fancy a Russian prison camp we made our way to a town called Zerbst where we saw some US soldiers. We chatted to them and discovered they were escorting General Simpson, the commander of the 9th Army.

only until the sentry had moved on.

They found another hole in the fence and made it into a wood about 50 yards away. They also found a road running to the west and started to walk when they came across a Russian truck. They flagged it down and were delighted to discover it was empty except for the driver. They climbed on board and were just a few miles from the river Elbe when they had to get off. Jimmy explained:" It was dusk and we were near these empty houses with bunks. They weren't too clean but we stayed there. The next day we were walking to the river and there were dead Germans lying around where the Russians had gone through. "We found a bridge and were about half way over when a Russian sentry shouted 'Niet'. Our hands went up and we were taken before the commandant. He said we had to go to an internment camp. In short we thought blow that and so off we went in search of another bridge.

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