Abstract

Subject	Internment camps–Australia
	World War, 1939-1945–Forced repatriation
	World War, 1939-1945–Deportations
	War stories
	German language–Writing
Category	4. World War II
	5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author	Brent, Bern
Keywords	Dunera
	Tatura camp
	Hay
Current Holder	National Library of Australia
Period Of Reference	1895/2019
Item Number	941719
Access Rights	Request at location
Country Of Origin	Germany
	Australia
Place	Hay camp
	Tatura
Language	German
	English
Description From Source	5.37 m. (25 boxes) + 1 folio item + 6 folders + 3 packets. The papers of MS 8869 are divided into two parts: 1. Papers of Bern Brent’s parents, Helene and Otto Bernstein, include early family papers; poems by Otto Bernstein; papers relating to childhood; imprisonment in Siberia and escape, World War I; Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, World War II. 2. Papers of Bern Brent include family correspondence 1920s-1960s (some of which is in German), particularly during World War II when family members were separated in Australia, United Kingdom, Germany and the United States; papers relating to the voyage on the “Dunera”, 1940; papers relating to the Hay and Tatura Internment Camps, Australia, including poems, diary, sketches, correspondence, publications; teaching materials and research documenting the direct method of teaching English to migrants in Australia, and teaching methods in Europe and Southeast Asia; publications by Brent including articles, book reviews and his book My Berlin suitcase: memories of a childhood (9 boxes, 1 fol. item).
Physical Format	Correspondence
	Diaries
	Newspapers
	Passports
	Photographs
	Video recording
	Objects (miscellaneous)
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