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Vittorio Tolaini, Voyage of an Alien Dunera Internee

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Title
Vittorio Tolaini, Voyage of an Alien Dunera Internee
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Voyages and travels
Internment camps
Internment camp inmates' writings
Immigrants--Australia--History
Italy--Emigration and immigration--History
Authors, Italian
Autobiography
Category
4. World War II
Author
Tolaini, Vittorio
Creator
Lippmann, Henry
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Period of reference
1940 – 1946
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6m43LY
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5b2b2c5621eaa40fc8f1069e
Series number
MLMSS 5896 box 2
Item number
nX6m43LY
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Tatura
Language
English
German
Hebrew
Description from source
Folder. Voyage of an alien. picture of the Dunera. by Vittorio Tolaini. printed on a gold coloured cardboard cover. Voyage of an alien. picture of the Dunera. by Vittorio Tolaini. printed on a gold coloured cardboard cover.

An interesting account of one of the 734 who joined the ill fated Arandora Star of which 486 perished and one of the 200+ survivors who subsequently came to Australian on the Dunera. The German survivors from the Arandora Star, 244 joined the B & G class 2288 Jewish Refugees, some 2732 souls. Graphically described in the first 20 pages and life in Australian prison camps until he returned to England in 1946.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Pictures
Photographs
Drawing
Posters
Typescripts
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/INQ5U72D/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/INQ5U72D/</a></p>
Date accessed
May 1, 2022