Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 37

<p>[Page 37]</p><p>captivity come nearer every day. It&#39;s this total uncertainty about the length of our internment that destroys us mentally. To have one&#39;s hopes of release quashed over and over again will erode even the strongest man over time. The letters from home offer the only joy, and that joy is more sporadic than ever because the mail takes longer and longer to get here. Thank God that Trude and the children are in good health and have so far been spared by the more and more frequent air raids on Karlsruhe. Let&#39;s pray that they remain well and that there will be a reunion this year.</p><p>Lately, the newspapers again have been full of diatribes against us Germans, and the vicious lies that are being disseminated about our and our allies&#39;&nbsp;deeds exceed all previous fabrications. Again we are said to be starving, yet it is England and France that have adopted the most stringent measures to curb the consumption of food. One can therefore assume, and rightly so, that all reports about Germany, etc</p>