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Record Number: 30904


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... we got no news at Göttingen except from scraps of English papers which came in parcels, the Göttingen paper was one of the worst in Germany, and we did not take it in, the time we spent in this lager was extremely monotonous, and depressing.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1915

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Göttingen
specific address: Göttingen Lager

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

[scraps of English newspapers]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter, Postcards

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found


Source Information:

Record ID:

30904

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/453/2

Page/Folio:

93

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/453/2, 93, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30904, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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