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Envelope – Kurt Baier, Tatura Internment Camp, Victoria, 1941

SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Sources
World War, 1939-1945–Refugees
War stories
Internment camps–Australia
Prisoners of war
Censorship
German language–Writing
Correspondence
Category4. World War II
KeywordsEnemy aliens
Tatura camp
Dunera
Current HolderMuseums Victoria Collections
Date1941-06-03
Item NumberHT 31704
Access RightsDigitised
Country Of OriginAustria
PlaceVienna
Language German
English
Description From SourceGrey air mail envelope made from thin tissue-paper like material. It has many inscriptions, censor’s stickers and ink stamps. Torn in places. Envelope sent from Modling, Vienna, Austria on 3 June 1941, addressed to Kurt Baier, at Tatura Internment Camp in northern Victoria. On front of envelope, handwritten in black ink:’ KURT BAIER / HUT NO 26 COUMPOND [sic] 2 / CAMP NO 7 / EASTERN COMMAND/ AUSTRALIA’. Stamped in purple ink: ‘INTERNMENT CAMP / TATURA, VIC.’.Lower left corner , handwritten in black ink : ‘ New York’. On front and back, off-white stickers printed in red ‘3 Opened by Censor’. On back, 2 pink & 2 grey ink stamps of theThird Reich with swastika and eagle symbols. Handwritten in brown ink ‘ [illeg.] / Aufgeber: Gottfied Crala’.
Physical FormatCorrespondence
Bibliographic Citationhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/X47TVRFR/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/XSPD7EE7/
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