Memories of German refugees from Schlesien of the camp Elsterhorst | |
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Memories of gentleman Karl Zwiener out Langenbielau |
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"... . Family Zwiener was driven
out under similar circumstances with the Germans from Langenbielau. Karl
Zwiener tells it in such a way: "first all Germans were registered. Then
men with lists, the answer came gave, who came to the row. To 21.8.1946
the man with the list came to us and said that we would have to appear
ourselves on the next morning at 7 o'clock before our house. We made
everything by right. On the next morning it poured. We stood from 7 to 9
o'clock on the road, the rain continued all day long. At noon we arrived
at realm brook, where we got a railroad car number. We went in the
afternoon through "control". It "was konfisziert" again much. One took
away only one umbrella from us, because we had only abgebrauchte things.
Then it went to the station. There we waited again in the rain to 19
o'clock then came the course when inviting the luggage from Poland still
luggage items under the railroad cars were pulled away. At night at 2
o'clock drove off the course. In Sorau the course stood three days. To 2.
Day young Bur, under it also I, was gotten for coal loading. When the
course drove off after three days at night from Sorau, it was said, we
comes into the Russian zone. At noon we were counted at the delivery place
on the basis lists and about 20 people, which had in-smuggled themselves,
were exhausted. Then it went to forest, which already lay in the Russian
zone. In the evening we drove off. On the next morning we reached o'clock
Hoyerswerda at 7, where we came into the quarantine camp Elsterhorst. It
seized about 15 ooo humans. There was also a department for 20,000 German
prisoners, those with stacheldraht from us was separate." | |