Several days after Christmas, other prisoners brought the news that all female Home Army members who’d been held in a separate area of the camp were going to be transferred to the camp in Oberlangen, near the border with the Netherlands.
“Why on earth would the Nazis do this?” Peter asked. The German resources were stretched thin already so why start moving prisoners around?
“Not sure,” the other man said, “but I’ve heard that Fallingbostel will be closed down.”
Peter gasped at the impact of this information. Thousands upon thousands of debilitated prisoners in bad physical shape would be on the move to God only knew where.
“Apparently the Nazis expect the final battle to take place right here in the middle of the North German Plain, so they need us out of the way. Afraid we might take
