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Title |
Accounts by German prisoners of war at Camp Spiegel describing the voyage of SMS EMDEN
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Subject |
World War, 1914-1918--Australia
World War, 1914-1918--Sources
Prisoners of war--Australia
Voyages and travels
German language--Writing
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Category |
3. World War I
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Current holder |
Australian National Maritime Museum
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Date |
1914
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Link |
https://collections.sea.museum/en/objects/194312
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Item number |
54347
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Access rights |
Digitised
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Country of origin |
Australia
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Place |
Holsworthy (Liverpool) Camp
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Language |
German
English
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Description from source |
Overall: 225 × 180 × 15 mm, 168 g, Ink on paper.
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Physical format |
Books
Diaries
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Abstract |
Extracts of interviews with German prisoners of war at Camp Spiegel, Liverpool, NSW relating to the voyage of the EMDEN from 27 July to 9 November 1914, including descriptions of SMS EMDEN's battle with HMAS SYDNEY. The accounts are written in an Australian school text book. They relate a German sailors' perspective of events concerning EMDEN from just before the outbreak of war on July 27th 1914 to the Battle of Cocos on 9 November. The account of the battle begins with; '9 November - The sun rose blood red, EMDEN's fate symbolised'. Part of a collection of material relating to the German WWI raider SMS EMDEN and crew members who were taken prisoner and interned at Liverpool, NSW, during the war.
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Related resources |
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/HPDN4UCJ/
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