He was a cavalry general, a very dashing figure. Well, you'll have to show me around the camp. For some unknown reason the electricity had come on during the night, which hadn't happened for weeks, and old Kr mer was extremely cold and very surly. He was quite proud of it. But what was interesting about that experience was first of all, we didn't know anything about it and second, the effect it had on the soldiers.
British soldiers are very friendly, and up to a point they even liked their enemies.
They became stone-faced when they were dealing with the Germans. The concentration camps were an unbelievable eye-opener, and I can't imagine why we hadn't been told about it.