Date	1917-11-17
Place	Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Subject	World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918–Sources War stories Internment camps–Australia Prisoners of war Germany–Emigration and immigration–History–20th century German letters Sydney (N.S.W.) Correspondence
Category	3. World War I
Author	Paul Rothe
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Series number	MLMSS 10027
Item number	YdmWqxj9
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In copyright
Country of origin	Australia
Language	German
Period of reference	1917
Description from source	0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) – manuscript Letter and accompanying envelope from Paul Rothe, a prisoner of war interned at Holsworthy camp near Liverpool, New South Wales, to Mr Carl Rothe and Familie, Altenberg, Germany. The manuscript letter, in which Rothe describes the work he has been involved with at the camp, is written in cursive Kurrent, a form of German-language handwriting based on late medieval cursive writing. The letter is on official writing paper with printed letterhead: ‘Concentration Camps, Australia. Prisoner of War Letter’.
Physical format	Correspondence Letters
Bibliographic citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/ZETDKJI4/ https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/72IH8SAN/
Date accessed	2022-02-04
File	Letter Rothe – Liverpool/Holsworthy Camp

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