Papers of Bern Brent, 1895-2019
Abstract
Internee, soldier and educator (Born Gerd Hermann Bernstein, Zagreb 1922)
| Subject | Internment camps--Australia |
|---|---|
| World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation | |
| World War, 1939-1945--Deportations | |
| War stories | |
| German language--Writing | |
| Category | 4. World War II |
| 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation) | |
| Author | Brent, Bern |
| Keywords | Dunera |
| Tatura camp | |
| Hay | |
| Current Holder | National Library of Australia |
| Period Of Reference | 1895/2019 |
| Item Number | 941719 |
| Access Rights | Request at location |
| Country Of Origin | Germany |
| Australia | |
| Place | Hay camp |
| Tatura | |
| Language | German |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 5.37 m. (25 boxes) + 1 folio item + 6 folders + 3 packets.
The papers of MS 8869 are divided into two parts:
1. Papers of Bern Brent's parents, Helene and Otto Bernstein, include early family papers; poems by Otto Bernstein; papers relating to childhood; imprisonment in Siberia and escape, World War I; Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, World War II.
2. Papers of Bern Brent include family correspondence 1920s-1960s (some of which is in German), particularly during World War II when family members were separated in Australia, United Kingdom, Germany and the United States; papers relating to the voyage on the "Dunera", 1940; papers relating to the Hay and Tatura Internment Camps, Australia, including poems, diary, sketches, correspondence, publications; teaching materials and research documenting the direct method of teaching English to migrants in Australia, and teaching methods in Europe and Southeast Asia; publications by Brent including articles, book reviews and his book My Berlin suitcase: memories of a childhood (9 boxes, 1 fol. item). |
| Physical Format | Correspondence |
| Diaries | |
| Newspapers | |
| Passports | |
| Photographs | |
| Video recording | |
| Objects (miscellaneous) | |
| Related Resources | https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/XSPD7EE7/ |
| https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/H3S2EWS7/ |
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