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Correspondence of wife and husband Janko during the First World War

document

Zsigmond Jankó in Matild Kovács

1914-1918

paper

The Jankó couple's letters written in the First World War were found in 1999 in an old house in Motvarjevci. The find is invaluable as there are over 400 letters written over four years. Correspondence, a very fine example of the exchange of messages of that time, between the hinterland and the soldier serving on the frontline who later became hospitalized. Matild's letters are also interesting. She wrote daily about conditions at home. She wrote about harvesting, farm work, farm animals, prices, village and neighborhood events, village gossips, other women's adultery, thefts, accidents, catastrophes, illnesses, and lost and missing villagers, Zsiga’s friends.

Information on digitization

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Name of site

Motvarjevci/Szentlászló

Other settlement names

Szécsiszentlászló

Size description

različne velikosti

Length

400 kosov

Place of origin/discovery

Motvarjevci, vzhodna in romunska bojišča prve svetovne vojne, vojaške bolnišnice

Name of institution or personage holding object; identification number of object

Pokrajinski arhiv Maribor /Maribori Területi Levéltár SI_PAM/1958 Jankó Zsigmond

Written sources

Vágyakozás a lövészárkokból: egy szécsiszentlászló házaspár, Jankó Zsigmond és Kovács Matild levelezése az 1. világháború alatt, 2014. Lendva: Magyar Nemzetiségi Tájékoztatási Intézet; Maribor: Területi Levéltár = Lendava: Zavod za informativno dejavnost madžarske narodnosti; Maribor: Pokrajinski arhiv.

File name

PAM_074_B_0001

Restrictions on use

Brez omejitev

Date of documentation

2018-09-03

Person documenting

Gordana Šövegeš Lipovšek

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