War Diaries (January 27) (nonfiction)
War Diary entries for January 27
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George Beck: January 27, 1944
Thursday No news today. Got three boils, one on my face and two on my neck, what luck? Its surprising what one does get in prison life, roll on, what I want is a woman.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)
Adolph Hitler: January 27, 1945
I can't give them [the Russian Liberation Army] a change of clothes, we have no uniforms. Altogether at that time I wanted the foreigners.... But our Herr v. Seeckt sold German steel helmets to the Chinese. One has no sense of honor around here. Every wretch is put in German uniform. I was always against it. I was against putting Cossacks in German uniforms. We had to give them Cossack uniforms and insignia as proof that they were fighting for us. That is much more romantic too. The British would not think of putting English clothes on an Indian. Such shamelessness exists only with us because there's no character in it. Otherwise one would not put German steel helmets on the heads of others. The British let the Indians run around as natives.
—Adoph Hitler (conference transcript)
The Russian Liberation Army was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II.
George Beck: January 27, 1945
News just received from some of our lads who have returned, nine shot by civilians outside and lots of the poor chaps have died through exposure. Three hundred sick and volunteers have gone out to aid them. Women and children are lying dead by the roadside all over. What a state things are in, we are practically cut off. The Russians are certainly moving.
—George Beck,1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, prisoner of war (diary)