December 1939
Monday, September 24, 2018 at 2:10PM
Monday, December 11. Left Colligny in the evening and arrived at Edling at noon the next day. We are going into the Maginot Line area and Edling is where one of the most important installations is. During our stay, King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited. Written on the front of the big blockhouse is “Sleep peacefully, France. Your children are keeping watch.”
During the visit of the French and British leaders, we were sent to Herstroff where the company’s headquarters were. We slept twelve to a house in Edling, the population having been evacuated at the start of hostilities, which let us take over the houses and do our own cooking. Strict orders were given to respect the owners’ possessions. We did.
I found a visiting card with the name of “Josef Jugman – Cabinetmaker.” On a wall in the dining room was a large photo of the father in a German army uniform (WWI) and a similar one of the son in the uniform of the Metz 146th Infantry Regiment. Amazing!