Diary - Karina Nartiss

Title	Diary - Karina Nartiss
Subject	Australia--Emigration and immigration—History Voyages and travels Immigrants Displacement Germany--History Manuscripts, Latvian Diaries
Category	4. World War II 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author	Karina Nartiss (nee Zars)
Keywords	displaced persons Migrant women
Current holder	Museums Victoria Collections
Period of reference	1948 – 1949
Link	https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/248520
Item number	SH 911649
Access rights	Digitised
Country of origin	Germany Australia
Language	Latvian
Description from source	28.7 cm (Length), 20.7 cm (Height) Double page from an exercise book with blue lines, handwriting in pencil. Diary used by Latvian immigrant Karina Nartiss (nee Zars), circa 1948-1949. Karina immigrated to Australia following World War Two, after spending time in a Displaced Persons camps in Germany. She arrived in Australia on 24 May 1949. Karina appeared on the 1954 Australian 10 Pound Note.
Physical format	Diaries