tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post7447787532921365768..comments2024-03-28T10:31:32.918-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Starvation at Warsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-41542323364762337422014-02-10T07:19:28.274-08:002014-02-10T07:19:28.274-08:00Caroline Cooper, an Australian, was "marooned...Caroline Cooper, an Australian, was "marooned" in Leipzig for the duration of the war. Though few could be posted, each week she wrote a letter to her family describing the increasingly difficult hunt for food and fuel as the war progressed - an account that well compliments the above article. Her letters were edited by Decie Denholm and published in 1982 under the title"Behind theBrian Culrossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-10504475028308705502014-02-09T11:40:30.328-08:002014-02-09T11:40:30.328-08:00Some of those items seem really low (meat, flour, ...Some of those items seem really low (meat, flour, sugar) while others seem relatively high--bread (mostly flour), marmalade (mostly sugar). Of course the total is still very low as a weekly ration for people in northern Europe working (even on the home front work shifts) during wartime.David S.http://comcast.netnoreply@blogger.com