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The Germans commandeered all the houses from Belmont right through down Carteret Road down as far as the bridge at Cobo, they were all commandeered and we were turned out of the big one. The German officer apologized when he came to turn us out because he said ‘ We’re giving you a week to go’. And he said ‘When I was a small boy the French marched into where I lived in Germany with bayonets and we had to get out straight away. So I’m doing my best’ he said ‘I’m only obeying orders’. He was a real gentleman, he was a nice man, and I respected him.
ARTHUR KLEIN

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