Envelope - Kurt Baier, Tatura Internment Camp, Victoria, 1941

Item

Title
Envelope - Kurt Baier, Tatura Internment Camp, Victoria, 1941
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Sources
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
War stories
Internment camps--Australia
Prisoners of war
Censorship
German language--Writing
Correspondence
Category
4. World War II
Keywords
Enemy aliens
Tatura camp
Dunera
Current holder
Museums Victoria Collections
Date
June 3, 1941
Link
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/1834474
Item number
HT 31704
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Austria
Place
Vienna
Language 
German
English
Description from source
Grey air mail envelope made from thin tissue-paper like material. It has many inscriptions, censor's stickers and ink stamps. Torn in places. Envelope sent from Modling, Vienna, Austria on 3 June 1941, addressed to Kurt Baier, at Tatura Internment Camp in northern Victoria. On front of envelope, handwritten in black ink:' KURT BAIER / HUT NO 26 COUMPOND [sic] 2 / CAMP NO 7 / EASTERN COMMAND/ AUSTRALIA'. Stamped in purple ink: 'INTERNMENT CAMP / TATURA, VIC.'.Lower left corner , handwritten in black ink : ' New York'. On front and back, off-white stickers printed in red '3 Opened by Censor'. On back, 2 pink & 2 grey ink stamps of theThird Reich with swastika and eagle symbols. Handwritten in brown ink ' [illeg.] / Aufgeber: Gottfied Crala'.
Physical format
Correspondence
Bibliographic citation