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Internment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941

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Title
Internment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
War stories
Prisoners of war
Internment camps--Australia
Missionaries
Papua New Guinea
Music and history
German language--Writing
Category
4. World War II
Current holder
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Date
1940
Link
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5ade71d221ea670e60f03b15
Item number
C1514
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Australia
Journey
Tatura
Language
German
Description from source
Original single page paper program with printed list of orchestral items to be performed by the camp orchestra,19th.and 20th. July 1941, in Internment Camp 1, Tatura. Also lists the names of the members of the orchestra and their instruments. Internment Camp 1A, Tatura, Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia.

The orchestra consisted of German male civilians interned as "Enemy Aliens" during World War 2. Those interned in 1941 were former Australian residents and New Guinea missionaries.
Physical format
Programs