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Postcard sent by W. Zinnius, German prisoner of war on Rottnest Island, to E. Schüller in Bremen, Germany.

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SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918–Australia
Prisoners of war–Australia
Prisoner-of-war camps
Rottnest Island (W.A. : Island)
War stories
Personal narratives
Category3. World War I
AuthorZinnius, W.
PlaceRottnest Island
Current HolderState Library of Western Australia
Date1915-07-23
Series Number ACC 9561A
Item Number slwa_b4806216_1
Access RightsDigitised
RightsAvailable for reference; not for loan.
Country Of Origin Australia
LanguageGerman
English
Description From Source 1 postcard ; 9 x 14 cm Black and white postcard written by German prisoner of war W. Zinnius on June 8, 1915 from the Rottnest Island internment camp. The name of both the sender and recipient are difficult to decipher. The postcard features a landscape with the caption “Kupfer-Tiefdruck von Carl Schünemann, Bremen, Nr. 48: ‘Bei den Badener Bergen’ von Frau A. Röben, Bremen”. At the time of writing, Zinnius had been on Rottnest Island for nine months and describes it as a “hard trial of patience”.
Physical Format Correspondence
Postcards
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/END56MHZ/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/9FJ4JP3L/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/9TZK3ATD/
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