us-005578-irn613370
type: RecordSet
date: approximately 1944
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 850
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn613370
note: Technical notes: Probably a one-sided record of the Großdeutschen Rundfunk. Eight recordings with duration of: 03:42; 03:50; 02:41; 03:52; 03:23; 04:07; 03:45; 02:42
scope and content: Decelith Folie D. 8 discs."From a prison camp in Italy, British prisoners of war send Christmas and New Years greetings to their families" Several South African soldiers speak in Afrikaans to their families. The narrator names, gives the home address, and mentions specific family members of each POW. The POWs say they are “fit and well” and send love and greetings to family and friends by name. Some names are unintelligible. One provides an address of 18 Ratcliffe Road, Yorkshire, Sheffield. Ralph Thompson Matthews calling his wife Vera Matthews, 143 Oxford Road, County West (?). Gunner Thomas Frost calls his mother Alice Frost, 21 Alden (?) Road, Hadley, Suffolk. Lance Corporal Robert Atkinson, calls his mother, 24 Wainwright Street, (?) Leeds 10, Yorkshire. Gunner Henry Foster, calls his wife Mrs. Foster, 26 Clifton Ave. Trooper RJ Land (?), 32 Coronation St. Worcestershire, England. Continues in English and Afrikaans.
title: Kriegsberichterstattung: Von einem Gefangenenlager in Italien senden britische Kriegsgefangene Weihnachtsgrüße an ihre Familien