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Prisoner o f Wa r , Internment Camps and Gibralta r Camp, Jamaica.

born in a maternity home in Kingston .

A German internee dentist looks after the women' s teeth, spending two hours twice a week
for that purpose in the woman's camp. Every fortnight the men can visit their families
for two hours .

When Dr. visited the camp , he took the children on their first excursion, he hoped that
such excursions could in future be made more often, and reported as follows : -
"All the children, neatly dressed by their mothers, were called and with many hellos ,
loaded into cars and set off amid many good-byes and injunctions by their mother , to
behave the.mselves . At the beach the children played in the sand and the more
adventurous ones splashed i n the water and enjoyed it very much . Some of course got
very wet. The fun was over much too soon . On the way back, not many children were
neat and tidy; one was wet through and wrapped in a bath towel . So we came back,
delivered the children, well, if a bit disheve led into the arms of waiting and, in some
cases , anxious mothers . What a welcome there was, what happy noise of children' s
voices, telling about their adventures . Then " Uncle" was thanked and we drove a way,
everybody happy and thankful the nice afternoon, having made arrangements f or a repeat
performance and regular excursions f or the children . "

Apparently from the beginning of May such excursions take place every week.
Letters to German internees in Jamai ca should be put in t he post with the following
address :-
Surname, Christian name,
Internment Camp, Kingston
Jamaica , British West Indies.
Postage free .

The German Post Office will give advice about airmail to internees in Jamaica , which
is also possible .

Presents for the internees can be sent through the German Red Cross , Comforts for the
Troops Department, Potsdam-Babelsberg 2 . Forms available from the German Red Cross.
There is confirmation from the camps in Jamaica that such parcels have been received .

You can only write to internees if you know the exact address. If not, or in case of
doubt, apply to the Foreign Office, Berlin W 8, Kronenstr 10, who have lists of all
the civil internees in Jamaica .

Due to troubled postal connection, which extend to official correspondence with
representatives of the Supervisory Powers , it more than ever the duty of every single
relative of an internee to inform the Foreign Office , Berlin W 8, Kronenstr 10, of any
information of general interest which he may receive . This would enable the
Supervisory Powers or the International Committee of the Red Cross to take any necessary
steps immediat ely, and to issue reports like this present one .