Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 36

<p>[Page 36]</p><p>in times of peace. We have no use for such rogues in the German Empire and the sooner we are rid of them, the better. I know, not all Jews are the same, and there are many, many good Germans among them, their deaths on the battlefields a testimony to it. Let these good Germans observe their Jewish faith. No human being should be negated his faith as long as he is a good German, otherwise he doesn&#39;t belong in our homeland and good riddance. It&#39;s not hard to be a fan of a country when that country is doing well and there is money to be made in it. It&#39;s in times of distress that one has to prove one&#39;s allegiance, assert one&#39;s nationality, especially people like the Jews who in a certain sense live in an adopted homeland.</p><p>2nd/1/18.<br />The hopes I nursed at the beginning of last year have not come true. The war rages on and there is no more talk of an exchange [of prisoners]. The most heinous criminal is better off than we are, because he knows when he will have served his sentence and sees the end of his</p>