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East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 6, May, 1945

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An issue of the "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, reporting the names and locations of 19 East Sweden area servicemen; describing area V-E Day services; commentating on food shortages while also reporting that more than 1200 disobedient prisoners of war have been placed on bread and water for more than a week and "are put to work gardening to raise their own food in part"; providing a local calendar of events; and characterizing the Germans as self-styled "godless supermen" who forgot that the nations they attacked would "rise with vehemence in defense of their righteous principles" as should … continued below

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2 p. ; 44 cm.

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Dewey, Anson T. May 1945.

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  • Main Title: East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 6, May, 1945
  • Serial Title: East Sweden Tidings

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An issue of the "East Sweden Tidings", a monthly church newsletter, reporting the names and locations of 19 East Sweden area servicemen; describing area V-E Day services; commentating on food shortages while also reporting that more than 1200 disobedient prisoners of war have been placed on bread and water for more than a week and "are put to work gardening to raise their own food in part"; providing a local calendar of events; and characterizing the Germans as self-styled "godless supermen" who forgot that the nations they attacked would "rise with vehemence in defense of their righteous principles" as should all Christians striving to have a "VS Day" (Victory in the Soul.)

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2 p. ; 44 cm.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: MCCHC_E9-03F
  • UNT Title Identifier: t03755
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth759133

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  • May 1945

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Dewey, Anson T. East Sweden Tidings, Volume 1, Number 6, May, 1945, newspaper, May 1945; United States - Texas - McCulloch County - Brady. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth759133/: accessed October 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McCulloch County Historical Commission.

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