Record Number: 30902

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... all of us were at all times longing for news, and it was rare that we ever got any except for the German version, and that only from the local paper, all the leading German papers were forbidden, yet they used to get into the camp, and we were often amused by the "Berliner Tagblatt" and the "Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1914

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

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:

J. P. Lynch

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Captain, 4th Field Ambulance, RAMC

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Title:

Berliner Tagblatt

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter, Postcards

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30902

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=30902, accessed: 10 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None