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Georg Chodziesner papers

Date
1923 to 2011
Place
Hay camp
Tatura
Subject
Category
Author
Chodziesner, Georg
Keywords
Dunera
Hay
Tatura camp
Current holder
Series number
MLMSS 11756
Item number
92eMNMNY
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Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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Description from source
0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)

Folder 1: ‘Diary of V501963 Pte G. F. Chodziesner, 8th Aust. Employment Coy, Home Forces, Australia’. Small, lined notebook with daily entries, 24 September 1942-19 September 1944
Folder 2: ‘How I came to Australia, by G. F. Chodziesner’. Cardboard folder enclosing: 1. ‘England to Australia with H.M.T. “Dunera”, 10-7-1940 to 6-9-1940’. Typescript account of the voyage by Chodziesner, 16 foolscap pages
2. Typed transcript of letter from internees to the British High Commissioner, dated 2 December 1940, enclosing memorandum, statements and summaries of losses, with transcript of acknowledgement, dated 6 December 1940
3. Typed transcripts of newspaper articles relating to internees, dated 1940-1941
4. Typed transcripts of Hansard (U.K. Parliament) relating to ‘Aliens (Treatment on Ships)’, dated 1941-1942
5. 2 letters in German from the Federal Association of the Jews in Germany, with typescript translations, regarding Chodziesner’s transfer to the Transit Camp in Richborough, England, 1939
6. Printed circular, in English and German, from the Commandant, Isle of Man Internment Camps, to internees, 1 June 1940
7. Photocopies of Chodziesner’s Soldier’s Pay Books, 1942, 1945, Authority for Discharge, 1945, and letter authorizing permanent admission to the Commonwealth, 1945
8. Kitchener Camp, Richborough, printed booklet, with 2 references for Chodziesner enclosed, 1940
9. Clippings of articles relating to the ‘Dunera’ voyage, 1979-1980
Folder 3: Correspondence and other material removed from two adhesive photograph albums, comprising: 1. Family and other correspondence, chiefly in German, 1934-1955, including letters forwarded from Chile by Chodziesner’s wife Dorothea
2. Family documents, 1923-1990, including Chodziesner’s academic transcript, application for compensation for damage, clippings
3. Biographical notes, prepared by Ben Chodziesner, 2011
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1936-1999, including letters from family members to Dorothea (Thea) and Wolfgang (Ben) Chodziesner in Chile, together with references for Georg Chodziesner
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Manuscripts
Letters
Typescripts
Books
Photographs
Correspondence
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