Of course we could meet at the or other abbey.
In the mentioned book is a description of the air raid on 28th Dec 1944 written by Sister Edeltrud which (the air raid, not Edeltrud) destroyed big parts of the abbey though it was marked with a big red cross on the roof and the allied forces knew there were POW. Germany made a complaint in Geneva to clear the reason, and the British apologized, the abbey was bombed by mistake, they wanted to hit the railway station, they said. I didn't know there were such complaints and answers in WWII!
Already before they started winding up the hospital, the casualties were postponed to Arnsberg, they were replaced by severely wounded soldiers from the front.
When the Americans came in April, the last Sisters and friars should be brought into internment camps, writes Sister Edeltrud. An Armenian POW called Daniel who was medicated at the hospital tried to negotiate with the Americans and told them how good he was treated there. He was successful and the soldiers disengaged.
I found another text also mentioning sister Edeltrud as source. It says that the first chief of the hospital was surgeon major (?) Dr Schlickum. When he was the first there must have been others, I think. There was also a Senior County Medical Officer of Health, Dr Bange, but I'm not shure whether he came from the miltitary hospital in the Abbey, from the "normal" hospital or the county council.
Christoph
