BRITISH WIVES AND GERMAN HOUSES
Sta,—I have just read the letter on house-requisitioning in Germany in your edition of September aoth, and I wish to state that your correspondent Mr. London is singularly well informed. I assume that the information contained in your footnote was obtained from an " official " source, but, writing as a recent " demob." from Germany, I would definitely say that I have never seen German local authorities concerned in the actual requisitioning of premises for B.A.O.R. families. This is always carried out by the staff of the local Quartering Officer (usually a major), and the civilians concerned are not allowed to take anything with them—not even bedding! ' As far as I can understand, the only " qualification " a house needs to be requisitioned is that it be near the station of the British personnel requiring their families with them. I have seen quite small houses that housed six or seven families requisi- tioned for one British family, whilst the German " evacuees " were left to find their own accommodation. This latter procedure is always the same, and, with even the most derelict Bunker already occupied (if not overcrowded), who can blame the German nation for not taking too enthusiastically to our much-flaunted democracy?—I remain, Sir, yours
244 Yockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
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