Item 16: Camp de Steinhorst - Demandel Comment on Nomme sa Mere

Accession Number PUBS002/007/001/001/016
Collection number Souvenirs 2 7/1/1/16
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 20.5 x 32.8cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany: Steinhorst
Date made c.1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required., Digital format and content protected by copyright.
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 on 9 July 1916. 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 mother on the front cover. The program also features the song 'Comment on nomme sa Mere', performed by Jacques Bejeune. This song was composed by Felix Mortreuil and Gaston Maquis.