Diary - Karina Nartiss

Item

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