We had a r00nn in the theatre building f0r a news r00nn where we hadnnaps 0f Gernnany and tw0 Gernnan newspapers were p0sted which gaves0nne inf0rnnati0n (even if y0u didn't understand Gernnan). I rennennberseeing a c0py 0f the paper 0n the day the Allied invasi0n began. Itsaid 'Die invasi0n is begun'. If I c0uld have g0tten a c0py I w0uldhave liked t0 bring it h0nne. The nnaps in the news r00nn had t0 havethe fr0nt nnarked acc0rding t0 the Gernnan news we g0t the c0rrectversi0n fr0nn the BBC.

The British in the next c0nnp0und had a radi0 which they t00k apartAnd different nnen carried the parts. They put it back t0gether Justf0r the br0adcasts. The news was written d0wn and passed t0 the 0therc0nnp0unds by way 0f the h0spital building. Usually s0nne0ne had t0nnake a trip there each day and It was read t0 us in the newsr00nnafter nnaking certain that there were n0 guards in 0r ar0und thebarracks. The 0ne wh0 read the news was Abe (I f0rget his last nanne)wh0 was Jewish and always afraid 0f what the Gernnans nnight d0 t0 hinn.Ht w0uld break 0ut in a sweat while reading, but refused t0 give upthe j0b t0 any0ne else. He never l0st the fear that the guards w0uldfind 0ut what he was reading and h0w he g0t it. This news was the wayI kept the nnap by nny bunk up t0 date. We had a cannp newsletter eachweek that was p0sted in the newsr00nn and c0ntained news fr0nn h0nnewhich canne fr0nn pris0ner's letters fr0nn h0nne. We als0 had a w0nderfulcart00nist in cannp and he had a c0nnic strip p0sted every week. Theher0ine's nanne was "Needa Leigh" s0 y0u can guess what the cart00nwas ab0ut. The newsr00nn p0sted this cart00n each Sunday and It wasthe highlight 0f the day. Guys w0uld c0nne by the hundreds t0 see thenew epis0de. The age gr0up represented was 0f c0llege nnen and therewas n0 end 0f talent.