Record Number: 28412
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"...Women were wandering about half-crazy," stated an account in the Swiss newspaper, "National-Zeitung", and a stoker who deserted from a German ship told the Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph": "People went mad in the shelters. ..."
Century:1900-1945
Date:From: 1 Jul 1943
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:National-Zeitung
Genre:newspaper reports
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1943
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:28412
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Experience
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1980
Vol:n/a
Page:325
Additional Comments:
I have not quoted the complete quotations, as quoted by Vera Brittain, from these newspapers.
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 325, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28412, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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