Record Number: 30441

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the German barracks "Gott strafe England" was chalked up in many conspicuous places. It was also the headline on their bread coupon cards.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

7 May 1915

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Döberitz

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

James Clifford Farrant

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1885

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Able Seaman, Royal Naval Division/mining engineer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Graffito, Chalk-written sign.

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30441

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Michael Moynihan

Title:

Black Bread and Barbed Wire: Prisoners in the First World War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

9

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Michael Moynihan (ed.), Black Bread and Barbed Wire: Prisoners in the First World War, (London, 1978), p. 9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30441, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None