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Correspondence between Peter Hans Hofmann and his future wife Susanne Renèe Schwatzer

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Australia
Internment camps–Australia
Prisoners of war–Australia
Correspondence
Category4. World War II
AuthorHofmann, Peter Hans
Schwatzer, Susanne Renèe
KeywordsHay
Tatura camp
Dunera
Loveday
Current HolderState Library of New South Wales
Date1937
Series NumberMLMSS 11887
Item Numbern88Gg7Jn
Access RightsRequest at location
Rights Copyright restrictions may apply. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder.
Country Of OriginAustralia
France
South Africa
England
PlaceTatura
Loveday camp
Hay camp
Paris
Cape Town
Language German
Secondary LanguagesEnglish
Description From Source0.48 metres of textual material (3 boxes, includes photographs) The collection also contains 15 photographs of two women. Approximately 288 letters, postcards and telegrams between Peter Hans Hofmann and his future wife Susanne Renèe Schwatzer. 217 of the letters were written while Hofmann was interned in the United Kingdom and then Australia. Most are written in German, but this changes to English when Hofmann arrives in Australia. Other locations where Hofmann writes from includes Paris and Cape Town. The collection also contains 13 photographs of Susanne Renèe Schwatzer and an unidentified friend and two studio portraits; one of Susanne Renèe Schwatzer and the other of Mizzi Langalka.
Physical FormatCorrespondence
Photographs
Manuscripts
Pictures
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/A9H42R6I/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/KWEE7K25/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/H3S2EWS7/
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