Papers of Kurt and Gretel Kuhn, 1914-2010
| Subject | Germany--Colonies |
|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea--History | |
| War stories | |
| Prisoner-of-war camps | |
| World War, 1914-1918--Australia | |
| World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, German | |
| Correspondence | |
| Category | 3. World War I |
| Author | Kuhn, Gretel |
| Kuhn, Kurt | |
| Kuhn, Charlotte | |
| Baumann, Karl | |
| Current Holder | National Library of Australia |
| Period Of Reference | 1914/2010 |
| Series Number | MS 10194 |
| Item Number | 6934642 |
| Access Rights | Request at location |
| Rights | Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan. |
| Country Of Origin | Papua New Guinea |
| Place | Rabaul |
| Language | German |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 0.03 m (1 folder)
Materials relating to the Australian World War I internment camp at Rabaul, New Guinea and includes correspondence in English between German citizens Kurt and Gretel Kuhn written over the first two days of their incarceration in separate male and female camps; a Proclamation giving terms of capitulation of German New Guinea; a typescript in German listing items prisoners must surrender under martial law; The Government Gazette newspaper dated 15th August 1915; a Government Notice instructing employers of native labour; bound photocopy typescript in German of Gretel Kuhn's oral history of her time in New Guinea, transcribed by her daughter Charlotte from a 1975 audio recording, when Gretel Kuhn was 84 years old; Digital printout in German of 'German New Guinea, the concentration camps of Rabaul during the First World War' by Karl Baumann. |
| Physical Format | Manuscripts |
| Diaries | |
| Letters | |
| Typescripts | |
| Pamphlets | |
| Newspapers | |
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