Papers 1937-1985 - Tatura Internment Camp (Vic)

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18 cm., Original ms., printed, photocopy and typescript. Collection of material compiled and printed in the camp, mainly in German. Also notes and translations of notes on German activities in Europe, Spain and South America. Includes copies of the camp magazine Brennessel, 1941-1942, theatre and concert programmes, song sheets, Christmas cards and various other material in German. Also includes correspondence of internees, reports translated from the German, notebooks and maps. Also includes, bound together 1. Chronik der deutschen Internierungslagers in Australien dated No. 1 (5 Okt. 1941)-no. 2/24 (21 Juni 1942), composed and printed by the Internees in No.1 Internment Camp, Tatura ; 2. Liederbuch, Internierungslager, Tatura, Australien, 1940. "This clandestine magazine [Brennessel] was printed secretly by the German internees at the Tatura Internment Camp over a period of 9 months. It is highly satirical and surprisingly well-informed, each issue including up-to-date information about the progress of the war in Africa and Asia." cf. Sothebys sale catalogue, Melbourne, 28/8/89, p. 59. The pictorial cover of each issue is hand-coloured.

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