Subject	World War, 1939-1945–Australia
	War stories
	Internment camp inmates’ writings
	Internment camps
	Prisoners of war–Australia
	Military history
	Red Cross and Red Crescent
	Italian letters
	Italian language–Written Italian
	Correspondence
Category	4. World War II
Author	Albertin, Maggiore Almerino
Keywords	Enemy aliens
Current Holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period Of Reference	1942/1946
Date	1942-10-13
Series Number	MLMSS 11823
Item Number	9gkROPq9
Access Rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright restrictions may apply.
Country Of Origin	Australia
Place	Cowra
Language	Italian
Description From Source	0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) This collection comprises seven lettergrams written by Capitano Maggiore (‘Captain Major’) Almerino Albertin during his internment at Cowra Prisoner of War Camp, New South Wales, 1942-1946. The lettergrams are written in Italian and addressed to Albertin’s wife and other family members in Padua, Italy. Also included is a Christmas message from Albertin to his family, written on the letterhead of the Apostolic Delegation in Australia (1942). All of Albertin’s correspondence contains a ‘Passed by Censor’ stamp and/or an ‘Approved for transmission by camp commandant’ stamp; the lettergram dated 22 May 1944 includes content redacted in black. There is also a typescript letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (‘Comité International de la Croix-Rouge. Agence centrale des prisonniers de guerre’) addressed to Albertin’s father, regarding a photograph taken of Albertin at Cowra (photograph not included in this collection), 1944.
Physical Format	Manuscripts
	Photographs
	Typescripts
	Letters
	Correspondence
Related Resources	https://italianprisonersofwar.com/2022/03/25/an-alpine-ice-pick/
	https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=379922
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/ZX8AVZ3T/
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/E434G5U9/

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