Men were quartered in rooms seven by eight feet in area, few of which had stoves. Three-tier bunks were used. Each man had only one blanket and slept on a mattress of straw. There were no latrines, and drinking water was provided from the sewage-ladened Saar river which flows past the stockade, and which had to be boiled before being in any degree safe for human consumption. The rations consisted of two potatoes and about a pint and a half of barley water. All of the prisoners, Italians, Russians, Serbs and Poles, were found in greatly enfeebled or dying condition. A Prisoner of War Executive Team had been put into action to care for and handle the rehabilitation of liberated prisoners of war.

14 December, 1944.

Photographer: Harding.