Record Number: 30901

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When we were allowed to write post cards home on the 6th Oct 1914 (first time) Frau Braun [wife of the German camp commander] did the censoring, and as the Frau was not very good at English we were asked to write but little and clearly, we heard that the good Frau used to stay up nearly all night trying to read our correspondence, with the aid of a dictionary.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Oct 1914

Country:

Germany

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Torgau
county: Saxony
specific address: Torgau Officers' Camp

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:

Braun

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Wife of Reserve Oberleutnant

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Germany

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:

[Post cards written by officer POWs]

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter, Postcards

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30901

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

J. P. Lynch

Title:

Captain J. P. Lynch's accounts of his experiences in the First World War

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

RAMC/453

Page/Folio:

40

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

J. P. Lynch, Captain J. P. Lynch's accounts of his experiences in the First World War , Wellcome Library, London, RAMC/453, 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30901, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None