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Schreuder and Dahmer family letters

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Title
Schreuder and Dahmer family letters
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Germany--Emigration and immigration
Immigrants--Australia--History
Immigrants' writings, German
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
War stories
Families--History
Western Australia--History
German letters
Correspondence
Category
4. World War II
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Current holder
State Library of Western Australia
Period of reference
1944 – 1990
Link
https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3470682
Series number
MN 3283
Item number
ACC 9990A
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright Undetermined. Copyright or other restrictions may apply. Available for reference; not for loan.
Country of origin
Germany
Australia
Language
German
English
Description from source
17 cm

Written in German, collection includes letters from Gustaf Dahmer to his wife Liselotte Dahmer (nee Schwabe) 1944-45. He was in the German army and did not survive the war. Liselotte married Bruno Mandel in 1947. The majority of the collection are letters written between 1970-1990 to Liselotte by her daughter Birgit Schreuder after Birgit, her husband Frits Schreuder and their children migrated to Western Australia in 1970.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Letters
Related resources
https://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b3458157~S2
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/JFQNIGCB/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/JFQNIGCB/</a></p>