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Letter from an internee of Holsworthy Internment Camp to his sister in Europe, 1917

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Date	1917-11-04
Place	Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Subject	World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918--Australia Prisoners of war Internment camps Internment camps--Australia Internment camp inmates' writings Detention of persons Sydney (N.S.W.)
Category	3. World War I
Author	Hans
Keywords	Holdsworthy
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Link	https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qK0qn
Series number	MLMSS 9434
Item number	nV2qK0qn
Access rights	Digitised
Rights	In copyright. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder.
Country of origin	Australia
Language	German
Period of reference	1917
Description from source	0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) Letter from an internee, 'Hans' of Holsworthy Internment Camp to his sister in Europe. Written in German on printed letterhead 'Concentration Camps, Australia - Prisoner of War Letter' dated 'Liverpool, 4 Nov. 1917. The letter gives some insight into what life was like in internment camps.
Physical format	Correspondence
Bibliographic citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/ZETDKJI4/ https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/CSTSPEKU/