Letter from Ernst Schneider in Trial Bay Internment Camp to Erwin Muller, 1917
Abstract
Letter from German prisoner of war, Ernst Schneider, in Trial Bay Internment Camp to Erwin Muller in New York, dated July 31st 1917. Typescript in English on a single quarto sheet of ruled paper with printed letterhead ‘Concentration Camps Australia Prisoner of War Letter’. Accompanied by original envelope with printed header, ‘Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre’, and stamped ‘Prisoner of War Letter Free’, ‘Passed by Censor S.D.’ and ‘Lieut Col German Concentration Camps, Liverpool, N.S.W.’ The high level of English language proficiency in the letter suggests that Schneider was very well educated and that he had perhaps lived for a number of years in either Australia or the United States.
| Place |
Trial Bay |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Ernst Schneider |
| Keywords |
German Australian civilian internees |
| Current holder | |
| Link | |
| Series number |
call Nr MLMSS 9609 |
| Item number |
nV2qKV7n |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
| Rights |
In copyright Research & study copies allowed Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1917 |
| Physical format |
Correspondence |
| Date accessed |
2022-01-27 |
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