War Diaries (May 27) (nonfiction)
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George Beck: May 27, 1941
Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Łambinowice) in Silesia. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
Tuesday Latest news ‘Sinking of the German battle ship Bismarck. America said to be in the war. Things seem to be brightening up a bit if what we hear is true. Still browned off. May the great day be near.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
Tatsusei Yogi: May 27, 1945
The village people crowded in the hut and we could not stay in the cave. Misfortunes every day.
—Tatsusei Yogi, civilian (diary)