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<p>[Page 85]</p><p>to send us off with just 3 hours' notice but he didn't think that was realistic and was giving us 24 hours. Thus we were left to gather our belongings, and a general frenzy of packing and rummaging and running about began that nobody had expected. The camp resembled a scared-up anthill, with everybody running around in all directions until, eventually, some semblance of order emerged. The large trunks were fetched and the chattels packed up as well as possible. It became quite obvious just how many things man tends to gather, even in war captivity. Since it was out of the question to take along pieces of furniture like shelves, cabinets, chairs, tables, etc, for which we had paid quite a few pounds, we had to resign ourselves to leaving those behind or destroy them. It was toughest for the owners of the beach cabins. The huts, which had cost as much as £20 each and more, and which in the case of Messrs Burkard, Wehrs and Wild etc had only just been completed and were yet to be lived in, had to be left behind, obviously. In the short time left</p>