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Speer, D. 48 views of the concentration camp Berrima New South Wales Australia 1914-1919 (envelope title). 48 Bl. with 2 photographs each. 12 x 18,5 cm. Obroschur (somewhat stained and rubbed, with hs. Notes). Bowral (Australia), D. Speer, (around 1919). Very rare image documentation of the Berrima internation camp near the village of the same name about 130 kilometers southwest of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, which served as a prisoner of war camp for German sailors and Germans living in Australia from 1915 to 1919, documented by local photographer D. Speer (no life data known). The nearly 100 photos show the lives of the detainees - surprisingly free and partly illustrious - who were allowed to move up to two kilometers from the prison building, water sports, a swimming pool and leisure huts built, music and plays performed, a band founded, horticulture and built a bakery, whose products they sold at the weekly market. Each of the boards in the lower edge is marked, partly hs. added. – A little flaky, the staple stitching with rust marks. About the KVK two entries in German library catalogues, but without location. Apparently there is no copy of the rare Australian print in German libraries, which documents the little-known chapter of war history in Oceania in Germany.
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Speer, D. — 48 views of the concentration camp Berrima New South Wales Australia
Rare 1919 photographic documentation of Berrima internment camp. 48 views.
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250 €
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Price checked 26/09/2026, 14:16:59
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- Lot #
- 479
- Currency
- EUR
- Location
- Berlin, DE
- Lot Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Auction Ends
- 8 Oct 2026, 23:59:59
- Lots in Auction
- 391