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Dr Wilhelm Rechnitz papers

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Title
Dr Wilhelm Rechnitz papers
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Internment camps
Jews, German
Language and languages
Australia--Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Category
4. World War II
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author
Rechnitz, Wilhelm Lorenz
Keywords
Dunera
Enemy aliens
Current holder
State Library of Queensland
Period of reference
1936 – 1972
Link
https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99205583402061
Item number
9.92056E+13
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Language
German
English
Description from source
Included with these papers are letters from fellow Jewish German internees who were deported to Australia in 1940 as 'enemy aliens' and survived the holocaust in Europe, through which some of their stories can be revealed.
The collection includes a signficant amount of correspondence from friends, family, employers and other academics; copies of Rechnitz's translations of various papers into Torres Strait languages; published and unpublished papers by Rechnitz, papers related to Rechnitz's work; miscellaneous articles; photographs and negatives; audiotapes, LPs and a tape recorder.
Physical format
Correspondence
Photographs
Manuscripts
Objects (miscellaneous)
Typescripts
Related resources
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/INQ5U72D/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/SFIER77Z/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/DIBYCUHQ/