Field post letters from hans koch, vienna, world war ii, eastern front, 1922-1945 previous letter (1941-09-21) letter no. 36 (1941-09-25) next letter (1941-09-26) [as it is now getting too cold outside, we are mostly in quarters. I. E. What you would call quarters in russia. The people are all terribly poor. Their clothes are all torn, dirty and full of vermin. When we show them pictures of germany they can't believe it. They then curse stalin and hope that the war will soon be over. They have very little to eat either. There is not much to "organize". This is how we soldiers understand organizing. When we come to a village and rest there or take up quarters. Then some of them disappear to [after a while with milk, butter, bread; eggs, bacon, etc. To reappear - that is "organizing". ]. Date: 25 September 1941.
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