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I have very much enjoyed reading the front pages of the Prince George Citizen from a hundred years ago that you publish in the "This Week in History" section of the newspaper.
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I have very much enjoyed reading the front pages of the Prince George Citizen from a hundred years ago that you publish in the "This Week in History" section of the newspaper.

An article in last Thursday's edition entitled the "Sidelights on Life in a German Prison Camp" caught my eye. This article was published on Oct. 15, 1919, and described the conditions in a German prisoner of war camp in Karlsruhe, in southwestern Germany, during the First World War.

It was particularly interesting to me for two reasons. First, earlier this year, my son spent 10 weeks on exchange in Germany in a town that is very close to Karlsruhe. Second, my grandfather spent three years in a prisoner of war camp in eastern Germany during the First World War. He served in the British Army and was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 after being stranded for three days in "no-mans land."

He eventually made it back to England, but not until 1919. Unfortunately, my grandfather passed away before I was born, so I was never able to ask him about his experiences during the war. But this article gave me some fresh insights into the conditions in the camps so I'm very grateful that you published it.

Thank you.

Gary Wilson

Prince George