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<p>[Page 33]</p><p>against which they are now protesting. There seems to be no justice and equal rights here!</p><p>13/1/17.<br />The release of the 45-year-olds has become reality, because the Commander told these gentlemen that they were practically free and that it was now only a matter of finding [space on] steamships for them. Franzen is one of the lucky ones, and I advised him to go to Liverpool immediately, which they are free to do, because it would be easier to procure a ticket and passport as he’d be sitting right near the source of supply, so to speak. He is still thinking about it and can’t quite make up his mind, dreading the state of affairs in L. I myself, unfortunately in this context, am not yet 45, but I still submitted an application but was told that I had to wait until my next birthday. How I long for that day to arrive!</p><p>25/1/17.<br />In the newspaper today I read that Bishop Bury, probably an American, has spoken very favourably of the conditions in the German POW camps. In Blankenburg, officers walk freely on parole and are even allowed long country walks and short tours, the latter presumably over</p>