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Booklet, Das Seltsame Dorf, 1940's

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Title
Booklet, Das Seltsame Dorf, 1940's
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
Internment camps--Australia
Internment camp inmates' writings
War stories
German language--Writing
Category
4. World War II
Author
Kirsch, Marianne
Current holder
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Date
1940
Link
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5da7e10621ea67041cf44d31
Item number
C0389
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Tatura
Language
German
English
Description from source
Das Seltsame Dorf ("The Unusual village")

Handmade book with buff coloured front and back covers and lined pages inside. Held together with multi - coloured wool threaded through punched holes. Each page is handwritten in German and illustrated on each page. (Translation included). Child's sketch of the camp on the cover.

Book written by nine year old Marianne Kirsch about everyday life in the Internment camp
Physical format
Books
Manuscripts
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/WQB3DP89/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/WQB3DP89/</a></p>