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<p>[Page 19]</p><p>if they were to help her financially. Such is the hatred of many Australians, stoked by the inflammatory English press! There have indeed been applications for divorce and to the shame of the English nation, judges could be found who granted a divorce on the grounds of the husband being a German! - Mr Heineken here in camp organises collections for these families as well.</p><p>In Liverpool, which reportedly now holds 5000 Germans, conditions appear to be very dire, too. Because of the large numbers, there are more men willing to work than can be employed, so no man is allowed to work longer than 14 days in a row. Money is rather scarce as a consequence, and even for these guys nobody back home seems to have done much. Now, however, the German government is said to have transferred funds to give each needy person 10/.- [I assume it's 10s, not £10; the diarist doesn't specify] per month. But applicants have to prove that they are citizens of the German Reich, in other words, produce an ID. But these papers were often</p>