| Short Summary / Description | Weekly magazine produced by Italian prisoners in the British Camp 147, Oran, Algeria. Includes stories, humour, crosswords, etc., in Italian. “Direttore resp.: C. Leporati; Redattore capo: G.M. Lodato”. [Director: C. Leporati; Chief editor: G. M. Lodato] Bound with a single issue of Esquette, a newsletter in English from the 51st Station Hospital , Oran, Jan. 1 1944. Includes portrait in pencil of Mario F. Mori , signed Merton 1943. Camp newsletter La Tenda, Issue N.1: 11 May 1944. (Australian War Memorial)
The document includes a note by one of the editors of the newsletter Mario F. Mori: “Il giornalino del campo 147. Il quale mi ha fatto passare qualche ora un po’ meno triste e penosa. Quando sarò tornato nella mia vita civile; libero cittadino, rileggendo queste pagine mi ricorderò dei miei diciotto mesi di prigionia, trascorsi in terra straniera. Mario Mori. Campo 147. Lunedì 4 dicembre 1944. Orano. Algeria” [Camp 147 newspaper. Which made me spend a few hours a little less sad and painful. When I return to my civilian life; a free citizen, rereading these pages will remind me of my eighteen months of captivity, spent in a foreign land. Mario Mori. Camp 147. Monday, December 4, 1944. Oran. Algeria]
Another note in the document reads “Disegno eseguito da Merton Siegel. [Drawing by Merton Siegel]. 2842 Grand Concourse, Brony, New York, N.Y. U.S.A. (51st Station Hospital) A.P.O. 600. Oran. Algeria”. |
