In their own words: internees tell of life in our German detainment camps
- Written by Catherine Moir, Lecturer in Germanic Studies, University of Sydney
German internees at the Liverpool camp in NSW. Australian War Memorial
On August 15 1918, a German steamship called the Lothringen reached Melbourne from Antwerp after 47 days at sea. Without access to telegraphy during their journey, the sailors had no idea that war had broken out between the German and British Empires. When the Lothringen docked...
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