Record Number: 31058
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'During the period of our captivity at Munden the time passed more heavily, I think, than at any later period, owing to the fact that we had practically no reading matter ... No daily papers or periodicals of any sort were allowed, not even German, only a rag called The Continental Times ... There were only about a dozen English novels in the camp, and no means of obtaining more; consequently, to keep one's mind occupied, one had to read them over and over again ...'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Jan 1915 and Mar 1915
Country:Germany
Timen/a
Place:city: Minden
specific address: Minden Officers' Lager
(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:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Captain, 1st Loyal Lancashire Regiment
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[English novels]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Prison camp library
Source Information:
Record ID:31058
Source:Horace Gray Gilliland
Editor:n/a
Title:My German Prisons: Being the Experiences of an Officer During Two and a Half Years as a Prisoner of War
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1918
Vol:n/a
Page:47-48
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Horace Gray Gilliland, My German Prisons: Being the Experiences of an Officer During Two and a Half Years as a Prisoner of War, (London, 1918), n/a, p. 47-48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31058, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
