As OC Supply at Wildenrath I had a large contingent of locally employed Germans working in the Barrack Stores. They were a bright, cheerful, hard working bunch and I can recall on one occasion when visiting the stores, to check up on how things were running, being asked by one of the storemen if he could have the day off. On enquiring why he wanted this, he declared with a broad smile that as a youngster they always took this day off as it was Hitler’s birthday! Suffice to say that I declined his request.