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Dr Wilhelm Rechnitz papers

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Australia
Internment camps
Jews, German
Language and languages
Australia–Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
World War, 1939-1945–Refugees
Category4. World War II
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
AuthorRechnitz, Wilhelm Lorenz
KeywordsDunera
Enemy aliens
Current HolderState Library of Queensland
Date1936
Item Number99205583402061
Access RightsRequest at location
Country Of OriginAustralia
Language German
English
Description From SourceIncluded with these papers are letters from fellow Jewish German internees who were deported to Australia in 1940 as ‘enemy aliens’ and survived the holocaust in Europe, through which some of their stories can be revealed. The collection includes a signficant amount of correspondence from friends, family, employers and other academics; copies of Rechnitz’s translations of various papers into Torres Strait languages; published and unpublished papers by Rechnitz, papers related to Rechnitz’s work; miscellaneous articles; photographs and negatives; audiotapes, LPs and a tape recorder.
Physical FormatCorrespondence
Photographs
Manuscripts
Objects (miscellaneous)
Typescripts
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