Bound with Ropes and Chains

They also tied us up, you know that and chained us for probably 18 months, maybe? Something like that. But other than that, there was not too much that you had to do. Put in the day, that’s it.

Interviewer: And you mentioned work parties. Were you fortunate enough to go out on a work party?

I have been on a party, yes. I have been on a party in Poland. We worked on a farm and that was ok cause you get more food then, you know. So I think that’s a good idea, ya. Try to get on one of them. If you’re ever a prisoner, try and get out to a work party.

Interviewer: I speak with you today and you said about 18 months you were roped and chained. You were roped and chained for 18 months, tell us about that.

Well, when they first started, you would get Red Cross parcels tied with string and they used that to tie everybody up starting off and then they switched to chains where they snap ‘em on and about that far apart and that’s the way we lived.