Letter - Bill (Van De) Wydeven To Theodorus Perdon Family, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 5 Apr 1943 · Opening the Multilingual Archive of Australia

Letter - Bill (Van De) Wydeven To Theodorus Perdon Family, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 5 Apr 1943

Title: Letter - Bill (Van De) Wydeven To Theodorus Perdon Family, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 5 Apr 1943
Subject: World War, 1939-1945--Sources; War stories; Immigrants--Australia--History; Immigrants' writings, Dutch; Propaganda; Correspondence
Category: 4. World War II
Author: Wydeven, Bill van de
Current holder: Museums Victoria Collections
Date: April 5, 1943
Link: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2491857
Item number: HT 56986
Access rights: Digitised
Country of origin: Germany
Language: Dutch
Description from source: Letter on card (in Dutch) sent to the Perdon family from Bill (Van de) Wydeven, brother of Johanna Perdon, who was working as a forced labourer in Germany, 5 April, 1943. Typical of the propaganda circulating in Europe during the War, the stamp (in German) states: 'The Fuhrer knows only struggle, work and worry. We would like to lighten his load for him.' This item belonged to Johanna and Theodorus Perdon who migrated to Australia from the Netherlands in 1952.
Physical format: Correspondence; Postcards