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Internment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Sources
War stories
Prisoners of war
Internment camps–Australia
Missionaries
Papua New Guinea
Music and history
German language–Writing
Category4. World War II
Current HolderTatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Period Of Reference 1940/1940
Item NumberC1514
Access RightsDigitised
Country Of OriginAustralia
JourneyTatura
Language German
Description From SourceOriginal single page paper program with printed list of orchestral items to be performed by the camp orchestra,19th.and 20th. July 1941, in Internment Camp 1, Tatura. Also lists the names of the members of the orchestra and their instruments. Internment Camp 1A, Tatura, Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia. The orchestra consisted of German male civilians interned as “Enemy Aliens” during World War 2. Those interned in 1941 were former Australian residents and New Guinea missionaries.
Physical FormatPrograms
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