Internment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941

Title: Internment Camp Christmas Program, Phillharmonisches Orchester Internierungs-Lager Tatura, 1941
Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Sources; War stories; Prisoners of war; Internment camps--Australia; Missionaries; Papua New Guinea; Music and history; German language--Writing
Category: 4. World War II
Current holder: Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Period of reference: 1940 – 1940
Link: https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5ade71d221ea670e60f03b15
Item number: C1514
Access rights: Digitised
Country of origin: Australia
Journey: Tatura
Language: German
Description from source: Original single page paper program with printed list of orchestral items to be performed by the camp orchestra,19th.and 20th. July 1941, in Internment Camp 1, Tatura. Also lists the names of the members of the orchestra and their instruments. Internment Camp 1A, Tatura, Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia.

The orchestra consisted of German male civilians interned as "Enemy Aliens" during World War 2. Those interned in 1941 were former Australian residents and New Guinea missionaries.
Physical format: Programs