Memoir, Hermine Wedel, Memories of Tatura
| Subject | World War, 1939-1945–Sources |
| Prisoners of war | |
| Internment camps–Australia | |
| War stories | |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Personal narratives | |
| German language–Writing | |
| Category | 4. World War II |
| 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation) | |
| Author | Wedel, Hermine |
| Current Holder | Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum |
| Date | 2014-07-01 |
| Item Number | C0974 |
| Access Rights | Digitised |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Papua New Guinea | |
| Germany | |
| Place | Tatura |
| New Guinea | |
| Language | German |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 13 page document, A4 paper. 7 pages of English translation, 6 pages German original. An account of the author’s family background & early life, more particularly those events leading to their internment in Tatura, Victoria, Australia during World War 2. The author’s parents (author Hermine Wedel, nee Strauss) were of German nationality & practicing as missionaries in New Guinea. Upon the outbreak of WW2, those German nationals were ordered to the coast by the Australian authorities and the men were transported to internment camps in Australia. The women remained behind, reporting regularly to the authorities, until they too were brought to camps in Australia at the end of 1941. They were eventually reunited in a family camp for internees, Camp 3 at Tatura, in 1943. They were released from the camp to work in Australia in 1947 and the family returned to New Guinea in 1949, and eventually went back to Germany. The author also briefly recounts her marriage & married life in Brazil & Germany. |
| Physical Format | Manuscripts |
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