"Rückkehr einer Riederin von England"

Name of traveller

Else Lutz

Reason for travel

• work as governess

Date of travel

1911-14

Als ich abends 7 Uhr zurückkehren wollte, verstellten mir mehrere Strolche mit einem Stricke, den sie über die Straße spannten, den Weg. Glücklicherweise kam mir der Herr Major zu Hilfe, der zufällig des Weges kam und mich schon von Weitem um Hilfe rufen hörte. (Lutz 10)

Content

• people:
  • employed by Major Allison Brown of Minera
  • notes that able German and Austrian men in Britain have been taken prisoner since the start of the war
  • taken into custody by police on suspicion of having received enemy letters; on release being harassed on the streets
  • reports difficulties with the police when she attempts to leave the country and return home to Austria
  • relates sadness of her employers and pupil on her departure
• recreation: summer holidays with the Browns in Aberystwyth to enjoy the sea
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Nationality of traveller

Austrian

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Female

Type of publication

newspaper report

Citation

[Lutz, Else]. "Rückkehr einer Riederin von England." Neue Warte am Inn 49 (5 Dec. 1914): 10. Print.