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Letter from Paul Rothe at Holsworthy Internment Camp to his family in Germany

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Title
Letter from Paul Rothe at Holsworthy Internment Camp to his family in Germany
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Sources
War stories
Internment camps--Australia
Prisoners of war
Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century
German letters
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Correspondence
Category
3. World War I
Author
Paul Rothe
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Date
November 17, 1917
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmWqxj9
Series number
MLMSS 10027
Item number
YdmWqxj9
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
In copyright
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
Language
German
Description from source
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript

Letter and accompanying envelope from Paul Rothe, a prisoner of war interned at Holsworthy camp near Liverpool, New South Wales, to Mr Carl Rothe and Familie, Altenberg, Germany. The manuscript letter, in which Rothe describes the work he has been involved with at the camp, is written in cursive Kurrent, a form of German-language handwriting based on late medieval cursive writing. The letter is on official writing paper with printed letterhead: ‘Concentration Camps, Australia. Prisoner of War Letter’.
Physical format
Correspondence
Letters
Bibliographic citation
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Date accessed
February 4, 2022
File
Letter Rothe - Liverpool/Holsworthy Camp