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Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home

10 February 1944 Stalag 344, Lamsdorf, Germany

10 February 1944 Stalag 344, Lamsdorf, Germany

My Own Darling Jean,

As you will see I have shifted again. After 15 days work at the sugar factory I returned to Stalag [VIIIA] and had quite a good 3 months including Xmas. VIIIA was really a French camp and very good once supplies came from Red Cross arrived. It certainly must have been hard on you all hearing that we had been shifted to Germany. From our camp we had no chance of escape but I believe some from work camps got away.

Oh darling heart of mine what a long time it is. I hate having kept you waiting and feel that I should have let you free. I love you enough to put your happiness first - could gladly see you marry someone more worthy of you who could give you more. Darling I'm feeling so old and lacking in enthusiasm that I doubt I could make you happy though my love for you will never dim. Let's hope freedom will bring new life and hope. One can hardly visualise a life free from barbed wire now.