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An interesting small aside to my prison time on the island of Kos in 1971.
While I was incarcerated, my bags, including watch, some jewelry, my Rolleiflex and a few gewgaws I had picked up along the way, including a piece of stone from the old fortress at Rhodes found on the sea shore and quietly pocketed, were kept for me under lock and key in the office of the prison warden. Also a brass chess set I had bought, a heavy thing which took up a bag of its own.
When I left all my items were returned to me with the exception of the aforementioned stone, which had disappeared. I hope it was at least returned to its original destination. Nothing else was missing. Even the small coins I had in my pocket at the time of my 'arrest' were in the bag. Honesty seems to have been a cherished principle in Greece in those days, as I hope it still is now.
On checking my bag I noticed two things. The chess set had been taken out and played with, probably by the warden and/or his staff. My Rollei had a roll of film in it with a few exposures which I couldn't recall having taken. Back in Toronto I had the B&W film processed, and found two negatives of the staff standing in a group at the prison gate.
I know I've kept those negatives, probably I still have them somewhere. If I could find them I would happily post them here. I will look..
While I was incarcerated, my bags, including watch, some jewelry, my Rolleiflex and a few gewgaws I had picked up along the way, including a piece of stone from the old fortress at Rhodes found on the sea shore and quietly pocketed, were kept for me under lock and key in the office of the prison warden. Also a brass chess set I had bought, a heavy thing which took up a bag of its own.
When I left all my items were returned to me with the exception of the aforementioned stone, which had disappeared. I hope it was at least returned to its original destination. Nothing else was missing. Even the small coins I had in my pocket at the time of my 'arrest' were in the bag. Honesty seems to have been a cherished principle in Greece in those days, as I hope it still is now.
On checking my bag I noticed two things. The chess set had been taken out and played with, probably by the warden and/or his staff. My Rollei had a roll of film in it with a few exposures which I couldn't recall having taken. Back in Toronto I had the B&W film processed, and found two negatives of the staff standing in a group at the prison gate.
I know I've kept those negatives, probably I still have them somewhere. If I could find them I would happily post them here. I will look..
