Hospital Ship Meteor and POW exchange

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  1. Andreas

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    Thanks for posting.
    Thanks to Google translate, extract from the above regarding a transfer of wounded British and Germans in October 1943:

    "Catering is exactly the same as that of the German staff and the German doctors. Whenever possible, stews are made that do not contain legumes and cabbage; they mainly consist of rice, noodles and pearl barley. The kitchen is available to the Kgf in any way for the preparation of their private food, at any time of the day there can be cooked and hot water fetched. According to all "Rückkelner" and English doctors, the food is excellent and everyone says that they have never had such good food from the German authorities since they were taken prisoner. ... 6 English doctors made rounds in the halls and individual cabins from 9 a.m., assisted by 4 German doctors. After lunch, the main English doctor made a "revier lesson" for those to be treated on an outpatient basis, but this usually only took a very short time. . . . The personal safety of the "individual" returnees was ensured in every way. There were enough lifeboats available, 8 boats which were all swiveled out during the trip, there were also 6 large wooden rafts with enough provisions and water, 20 kapok rafts, 50 lifebuoys and every single one had a life jacket with them at the foot of the bed. All "returnees" were assigned to the lifeboats, the emergency signal was also announced, as was the behavior in the event of an alarm. 38 The two German hospital ships left Swinemünde on the evening of October 16, anchored in the Pomeranian Bay during the night and stabbed on next morning direction Göreborg in the lake. To be on the safe side, they were accompanied by a barrier breaker and a minesweeper until they reached Swedish territorial waters. The crossing went on without any problems. The British prisoners, who were in the best of spirits, were even given concerts on board."
     
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