| Evidence: | 'In a lecture at Friends' House he spoke of a new Blitzkrieg timed to start on May 1st, and designed to overthrow England in Polish fashion by the end of the summer. His series of "Daily Telegraph" articles, subsequently republished as a small book called "Inside Germany", caused a sensation by supplying chapter and verse for this prophecy.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1939 and 31 Dec 1939 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Oswald Garrison Villard |
| Title: | Inside Germany |
| Genre: | Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1939 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28284 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 226 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 226, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28284, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain does not specify the date of the Daily Telegraph articles nor whether she read them in the newspaper or in the book. |
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