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Description: | Photocopy (26pp) of a ts transcription of her correspondence, written as a general letter to be circulated among her friends and family in the form of a diary (August 1914 - November 1918) during her time as one of a small contingent of English nuns in a Belgian convent near to Antwerp. The diary describes her experiences of the war, during which time the convent was used as billets by Belgian, German and French forces, and as an ambulance depot in October 1918, while the sisters attempted to continue their work of the convent school for the local children, struggling with the restrictions on food, coal and oil; the diary also sensationalises the atrocities committed by the German forces and the general bad appearance and manners of the 'Hun'.
Cataloguer PJB
Catalogue date 1997-07-28 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Cecile (Sister) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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