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Katrin Rubasko – Correspondence after World War II

SubjectSouth Australia
World War, 1939-1945–Refugees
Displacement
Manuscripts, Latvian
Baltic States
European letters
Correspondence
Category5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
AuthorRubasko, Katrin
Keywordsdisplaced persons
Current HolderState Library of South Australia
Period Of Reference 1945/1966
Item NumberPRG 1281/4
Access RightsRequest at location
Rights Copyright Undetermined
Country Of OriginLatvia
Germany
Australia
France
PlacePort Pirie
Adelaide
Sydney
Language Latvian
English
Description From Source4 cm, Manuscript handwritten typed. A letter in Latvian on German notepaper soon after the liberation of Europe; a similar one in 1946; letters ca.1945 in Latvian from Katrin’s family with the address of the American commander of their displaced persons camp; a letter to Katrin from Paris in Latvian dated 1946; the only letter from Katrin (carbon, unsigned) Port Pirie in 1946, written to the commander of the family’s displaced persons’ camp; a letter from Kadina SA in English to Katrin in Port Pirie from a friend in 1947; eighteen letters to Katrin in Latvian from her family in Germany in 1947 and 1948; and a souvenir card from Sydney to Katrin’s sister in Adelaide in 1966.
Physical FormatManuscripts
Letters
Correspondence
Postcards
Related Resources https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2253/
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/3222/
https://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2187916~S1
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