German postcard 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod'
| Title |
German postcard 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod'
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| Subject |
Unknown
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| Notes |
Postcard depicting a wounded German soldier being visited by Christ, with the caption: 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod' ('Be loyal unto death'). Noted as 'Taken from a dead German'.
Part of the photograph and scrap album of Revd. Leonard Thomas Pearson, Army Chaplain's Department (attached No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station), discovered in a skip and deposited with the Bodlian Library. Revd. Pearson was interviewed by Lyn Macdonald for her book 'The Roses of No Man's Land', which contains two extracts and a photograph. |
| Item date |
1914 - 1915
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_2469_ricegermancard.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Stuart Lee
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
P Vainker
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Collection
Citation
“German postcard 'Sei getreu bis in den Tod',” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4075.
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