[Multilingual] WWI Centenary (Armistice Day) Prose Collection Vol. III-mas

[Kitty]

I'll be able to catch if there is a repeat or a skip by following with the text.

yes I definitely think you can follow along with a text and would catch a missing or doubled line. I hope it's not too exhausting for you. It is a long section, after all

Sonia

[MaryinArkansas]

I would like to record the short article “The Care of the Dead” by Anonymous for this project.
"http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47149/47149-h/47149-h.htm

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

That's an excellent find Mary. Thank you.
MaryAnn

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Kitty,
French poetry is PL OK. It's lovely listening to poetry when you don't understand the words, because then the rhythms really come through.
MaryAnn

[Kitty]

French poetry is PL OK. It's lovely listening to poetry when you don't understand the words, because then the rhythms really come through.

you plodded through it thank you MaryAnn. And I agree, listening to languages one doesn't understand can be so beautiful. I also notice this when I hear songs in a language I don't know. One can concentrate more on the sounds than the meaning and that is relaxing in a way.

Sonia

[RiDi]

Mary Ann,
I just wanted to let you know that I am still holding on to my reading. I have reason to believe that I will be able to present it within the next 2 weeks.
Best

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thanks Ricarda!
MaryAnn

[commonsparrow3]

Here's a little topic I stumbled upon while browsing a library history blog's series of posts about the American Library Association's WWI military libraries. Found it interesting -- so I checked for any PD short work I might add to this collection and found this on Hathitrust.

Title - "Soldiers, Sailors, and Books"
Author - American Library Association, (War Service Committee)
Link to Text - https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000962199

The work ran too long for one section, so I divided it into two sections as follows:

Part 1 - (length 50:11)
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/wwi3_soldierssailorsbooks1_ala_mk_128kb.mp3

Part 2 - (length 42:14)
https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/wwi3_soldierssailorsbooks2_ala_mk_128kb.mp3

Short Summary:
The American Library Association (ALA) was founded in 1876, and is the oldest and largest library association in the world. In 1917, as the U.S. mobilized for the First World War, the ALA organized its War Service Committee, with the goal of providing reading materials to the men being sent to war. This booklet details the organization's efforts to set up libraries in camps, aboard ships, in hospitals, and anywhere else the men were sent, even within the war zone itself. The booklet was published as part of a fundraiser in November 1917 for the United War Work Campaign, a joint effort by seven civilian organizations involved in service to the troops.

By the way, in case anyone is curious, these are the WWI Library blog posts which began my interest in this topic: http://libraryhistorybuff.blogspot.com/search/label/ALA%20Library%20War%20Service

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

That's fascinating Maria! What a great find and thanks for sharing.

I look forward to listening!

MaryAnn

[MaryinArkansas]

Here is the link to the upload for Section 16: "The Care of the Dead" The length is 14:29.

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/wwi3_thecareofthedead_anonymous_mh_128kb.mp3

Also, here is a brief description of the recording:

“The Care of the Dead” is a pamphlet printed in Great Britain in 1916, which explains how British and French groups such as the “Army’s Graves Registration Unit” and others worked together to record data on soldiers killed in battle. People with these groups made sure that each grave was appropriately identified and cared for, and that friends and survivors were comforted knowing that loved ones were remembered with dignity and respect.

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thank you Mary!
MaryAnn

[RiDi]

MaryAnn,

sorry for taking so long, but finally I did it!

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/wwi3_wirtotenaufurlaub_eisner_rd_128kb.mp3

length: 3:00

My summary:

Kurt Eisner, b. 1867, was a german jewish socialist, pacifist, author, journalist and critic. He was the leader of the November Revolution in Bavaria and became the first Prime Minister of Bavaria in 1919, after WWI. He was assassinated on 21 February 1919. He took a leading part in the organization of the munitions workers' strike in Munich in 1918, which aimed at overthrowing the Bavarian monarchy and establishing democracy in Bavaria. Due to these activities he was taken into detention while awaiting trial on charges of "attempted treason". During his imprisonment from 31 January to 14 October 1919 he wrote the text "Wir Toten auf Urlaub" (engl. "We dead men on leave"). In a rather poetic manner it expresses the thoughts of a man who is deeply affected by the atrocities of war.

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thank you Ricarda!

Maria and Mary - your sections are PL OK. Well read and very interesting.

MaryAnn

[MaryinArkansas]

Would “Five Inches” from the essays “Little Rays of Moonshine” be appropriate for this project? The book was published in 1921, but “Five Inches” refers to some of the veterans of the war. https://ia902205.us.archive.org/epub/index.php?id=littleraysmoons00unkngoog&dir=/28/items/littleraysmoons00unkngoog&doc=littleraysmoons00unkngoog&type=epub

Thanks!

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Another interesting find Mary. I look forward to listening!
MaryAnn