In the News: German PoWs recaptured!
07/09/1917The Berwick Advertiser – Six German PoWs recaptured 7 September 1917
Read moreIn the News: Six escaped German PoWs recaptured
07/09/1917Kelso Chronicle – Six escaped German prisoners of war recaptured 7 September 1917 The 6 German prisoners who made their escape from Stobs Camp a fortnight or so ago have been recaptured.
Read moreStobsiade Military, Issue No. 14 (28)
13/09/1917
The fourteenth edition of the Military Stobsiade brings some observations on being a prisoner of war, taken from the diary of an old captive. This is followed by the fairy tale “About the Old House” and another essay portrays camp personalities. The work-camp review reports mainly on the camps in Crawford, Hairmyres, and the school in Catterick. It ends with club reports and a prize competition. Full edition available here.
Read moreStobsiade Military, Issue No. 15 (29)
10/10/1917
The fifteenth edition of the Military Stobsiade begins with a poem entitled Requiem. It goes on with an editorial on those who died far from home. It continues with discussing religious life in our camp mentioning the Catholic congregation, and the Protestant congregation. There is an article on the Cemetery. The final page has a summary of the First Year of Stobsiade. Full edition available here.
Read moreIn the News: Five German PoWs escape but recaptured
26/10/1917Kelso Chronicle – Five German prisoners of war escape from Stobs but later recaptured 26 October 1917
Read moreTheatre: Heimat
01/11/1917
A play, Heimat [Homeland], by H Sudermann in four acts. Part of Theaterleben im Kriegsgefangenenlager Stobs | M. Rabenschlag from Europeana.eu.
Read moreTheatre: Mutter Erde
01/11/1917
A drama, Mutter Erde [Mother Earth], by M Halbe in four acts. Part of Theaterleben im Kriegsgefangenenlager Stobs | M. Rabenschlag from Europeana.eu.
Read moreIn the News: German Prisoners escaped but captured!
02/11/1917The Berwick Advertiser – Five German prisoners escaped but captured within a week 2 November 1917
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