Record Number: 32840
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'All very cheerful to-day as there is very good news from the Front. Allies swiftly advancing and sweeping all before them ... The Germans won't tell us anything, but one of the Italian foremen (a civilian prisoner) can speak and read German fluently. He can get the Dortmunder Zeitung every day, and he tells us the news. Also one of the Frenchmen here in the barracks, who works on a farm, gets his employer's paper each evening. He also can read German. And each evening when we return from work, all the French sit quietly on their beds, etc., while Delport (this particular Frenchman) reads the news to them all. As I am the only Englishman who can speak French I go to their little room and listen to Delport reading. Then I go back and tell the news to our own little crowd who, especially just now, are terribly eager for the latest each evening.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:10 Sep 1918
Country:Germany
Timeevening
Place:city: Bommern
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 Jul 1898
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, 1st Battalion, King's Own Light Shropshire Infantry
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Germany
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Dortmunder Zeitung
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
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Source Information:
Record ID:32840
Source:J. A. Sillitoe Hill
Editor:n/a
Title:The Front Line and Beyond It: A Diary of 1917-18
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1930
Vol:n/a
Page:69
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
J. A. Sillitoe Hill, The Front Line and Beyond It: A Diary of 1917-18, (London, 1930), p. 69, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32840, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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