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Theatre Programme - Tatura Internment Camp, 1942

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Title
Theatre Programme - Tatura Internment Camp, 1942
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
Prisoners of war
Internment camp theater
Internment camps--Australia
German language--Writing
Satire, German
Category
4. World War II
Keywords
Tatura camp
Current holder
Museums Victoria Collections
Date
1942
Link
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1346974
Item number
HT 18091
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Tatura
Language
German
Description from source
169 mm (Width), 209 mm (Height). Camp program, Photostat, A4 size, folded in half. Features cartoon-style illustrations on cover and inside a list of performers. Camp program for Café Wellblech at Tatura Internment Camp.

This is a hand-drawn and photostat theatre program produced at Tatura Internment Camp in 1942. It features cartoon-style illustrations, and a list of performers and also includes an advertisement in German for Café Wellblech, for which Karl Muffler may have supplied cakes and pastries. The program demonstrates the kind of activities undertaken by interns (often instructed by other interns) to keep themselves occupied.
Physical format
Programs
Drawing
Manuscripts
Related resources
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/1882/
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/56C2NCY5/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/56C2NCY5/</a></p>