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
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