"19 Wasted Months: diary and notes of my internment"

Identifier
irn501660
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1997.A.0148
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501660

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Kurt Lewinski donated "19 Wasted Months: Diary and Notes of My Internment" to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997.

Scope and Content

Contains a copy of a booklet entitled "19 Wasted Months: diary and notes of my internment" by Kurt Lewinski. The booklet, which is a typed English translation of the original German, describes Lewinski's experiences in an internment camp for enemy aliens in England; life on the HMT Dunera ship, which transported him to Australia in 1940; and life in the Hay, New South Wales and in the Tatura internment camps. The text is written in the form of daily diary entries, and includes two epilogues written in 1942 and 1945 which reveal that Mr. Lewinski joined the Australian military.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Kurt Lewinski

People

  • Lewinski, Kurt.

Subjects

  • Australia.
  • Isle of Man.
  • Immigration and emigration.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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