Henry Masterman Mist Diaries and Prisoners Pie Magazine
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Sat. 1915 Feb. 6. "Bareufels" While in bed about 8 this morning was arrested & brought to Dresden & locked up in the Schiess - gasse" with about 24 other Britishes white & colored. Most of these had been in 3 or 4 days before my arrival.
Feb. 8. Monday. All of us Britishes
were removed from the jail Sch.
gasse at about 6 a.m. & brought
to "Ruhleben" near Spandair
(Berlin) where we arrived in
slush & snow about 2.30 & were
shown to our quarters. I am in
"Barrack" or Stale No 9_loft, East
end, in which about 103 [illegible]
live. Other end of loft is of equal
size, and there are 24 boxes
down stairs. In each box there
are 6 [illegible] - making 162 down
stairs & say 200 in loft = 360 in
all. (Approx.)
Feb 9. The sun came out & melted the snow into slush through which we must walk for our