Item 15: Camp de Steinhorst - Le Gosse Et Le Chien

Accession Number PUBS002/007/001/001/015
Collection number Souvenirs 2 7/1/1/15
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 20.6 x 32.7cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany: Steinhorst
Date made 1914-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Souvenir concert program produced during the First World War. This program is for a concert organised by French-Belgian prisoners at Camp Steinhorst in Germany, date unknown. Concerts were held on Sunday evenings and the programs were lithographed using ink produced by the prisoners themselves. This program is written in French and features an illustration of a boy holding a dog on the front cover. The program also features the song 'Le Gosse Et Le Chien', performed by Jacques Bejeune. The music and lyrics for this song were composed by Ch. A Abadie, Jack Aymel and Gaston Gabaroche.