European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Then we were taken there by a narrow-gauge railway.
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We were newly clothed
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and the quartermaster who was a SA man, too, asked: “Why are you here?”
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I said: “Because of sports”.
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“Well, then do 25 sweet ones.”
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Those were 25 squats.
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Well, I did them.
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“And, did you do well?” I said: “I hope so, Mr. Officer.”
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“Well, then do another lot.”
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After that they took away our leather shoes and gave us wooden ones like those worn by the Dutchmen.
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And then they plunked down foot rags for us and the wooden shoes.
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“We have a nice sports ground here we would like to show you. There you can do sports.”
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On the sports ground they chased us around.
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Squats in a group, endurance run;
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and we were mistreated, as well, by blows with the rifle-butts of the SA.
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After that we had to climb over a drill wall which is 2 metres high.
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Some could not get over;
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there were older ones, who had been imprisoned for years.
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They did not have enough breath left.
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“Volunteers, step forward”, and us younger ones went over.
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