January 1, Monday
West Germany, Nata and I are in the transport train.
With the Ulmer Family. Train leaves at 5 pm, I take the passenger train with Lodermann to Dillenburg ( Germany). Back at 10 pm with construction team.
January 2, Tuesday
Dillenburg
January 3, Wednesday
Westerburg
January 4, Thursday
Engers. Going to see the Rhein river. My first time to see this river. Backache is starting.
January 5, Friday
I am in bed all day with terrible back pain. My “Hexenschus” (lumbago) is back.
January 6, Saturday
All day in bed. Lying helplessly in the rail car of the construction team and suffering.
January 7, Sunday
Mostly in bed, still bad pain. However, it is getting better. Rolling towards Limburg. Back and forth, nobody knows anything. Run out of food.
January 8, Monday
Back pain
January 9, Tuesday
Back pain. Alarm. Bunker. Inge, don’t know yet, she’s a nice girl.
January 10, Wednesday
Limburg. Back pain.
January 11, Thursday
Back pain. Schmid and Wanderbauer going to Essen to inquire at command post. Hafenmeier to Munich, Main office.
January 12, Friday
Limburg. Men unloading coal. Back pain
13. January, Saturday
Limburg. Backpain, Inge asked for me. She found a cigarette holder und wants to return it to me. I didn’t loose one. Inge will + (can’t read)?
14. January, Saturday
Bunker, Inge, go for walk. Back pain is getting better. Dentist.
15. January, Monday
Went walking with Inge. Schorschi and Lupperl back from (city of) Essen. Ordered to go to Dortmund.
16. January, Tuesday
Went with Inge to see the movie “Hundstage (dog days)”.
Inge and I want to try it together, Bunker as usual.
17. January, Wednesday
18. January, Thursday
3x Inge. Courier back to Munich. We are driving back to Munich
19. January, Friday
Saying farewell to Inge. Leave Limburg at 7:15 pm, Wetzlar 1 am
20. January, Saturday
1 am Wetzlar, 7pm Munich.
Soldiers get together. 16 men came, the others lost in Wetzlar.
Letter Inge (1). Munich is totally demolished. Ruins around the railroad station and all the way to the Deutsche Museum, just like Warsaw.
21. January, Sunday
Soldatenheim (Soldiers’ facility). Troops come in groups. Letter Inge (2)
22. January, Monday
5 pm Lupperl and Schorsch come with news. To get leave papers at the “Deutsches Museum”.
23. January, Tuesday
4:30 am Salzburg, 6 am St. Leonhard. Rail station half destroyed. Streetcar works from Bazaar.
24. January, Wednesday
Letter Inge (3)
25. January, Friday
Leave Drunat at 9pm. Salzburg 4 am, today Vienna. 6 am Fly
Eva is here, she is happy +
27. January, Saturday
Eva is very nice. She seams to love me.
28. January, Sunday
Vienna, Fly, Eva. Looked at the destruction in the 2nd and 3rd city district.
29. January, Monday
I am staying another day for Eva.
30. January, Tuesday
Eva is with me at the rail station. 8:55 pm from Vienna.
31. January, Wednesday
8:30 am Salzburg, 11am Mutti (Mom).