Letters to Dr Grete Simon from Fritz Radok

Title	Letters to Dr Grete Simon from Fritz Radok
Subject	Internment camps--Australia Detention of persons Voyages and travels Jews--Migrations Jews Refugees Victoria--History German language--Writing German letters Correspondence
Category	4. World War II
Author	Simon, Grete Radok, Fritz
Keywords	Dunera Tatura camp Shipwrecks
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference	1936 – 1941
Link	https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yMpRJV9
Series number	MLMSS 12020
Item number	9yMpRJV9
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In copyright. Copyright holder: Stephanie Radok. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Stephanie Radok.
Country of origin	Germany Australia United States
Place	Tatura
Language	German
Description from source	0.16 metres of textual material (1 box), includes some photographs - typescript This series of correspondence (108 letters and postcards), spanning the years of 1936 to 1941, was sent by Fritz Radok to family friend, Dr Grete Simon, who had been practicing as an ophthalmologist in Königsberg before emigrating to New York in around 1936. A small portion of the correspondence was written by Gertrud Radok. The letters capture the growing sense of uncertainty in Germany in the late 1930s, plans and preparations for the Radok family to emigrate, updates on the whereabouts and wellbeing of Fritz Radok's sons, including the rescue of Uwe, Jobst, Rainer from the Arandora Star, their arrival in Australia on the HMT Dunera and their subsequent detention at Tatura internment camp.
Physical format	Manuscripts Correspondence Letters Postcards Photographs Pictures