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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2003/027:001 Creator Kane Schmidt (maker)‎ DescriptionWood carving of a house by a stream, carved and painted by a German P.O.W. at Tobruk for Officer Victor M. Smith in appreciation of his kind treatment of Prisoner's of War. Victor M. Smith, Jewish, joined the British Army as a Private in 1939 and left the army in 1948 as a Lt. Colonel. His humane treatment of German P.O.W.s in Tobruk brought him thanks and many letters from the P.O.W.s. V.M. Smith was later in Holland with the British 21 Army Group. He emigrated to Australia, and died in 1968. Production placeTobruk, Lybia Production date approximately 1943 SubjectHolocaust, P.O.W. camps, prisoners of war Object namesouvenirs Materialwood Dimensions width: 200.00 mm height: 160.00 mm depth: 25.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

Object numberM2003/027:001

DescriptionWood carving of a house by a stream, carved and painted by a German P.O.W. at Tobruk for Officer Victor M. Smith in appreciation of his kind treatment of Prisoner's of War. Victor M. Smith, Jewish, joined the British Army as a Private in 1939 and left the army in 1948 as a Lt. Colonel. His humane treatment of German P.O.W.s in Tobruk brought him thanks and many letters from the P.O.W.s. V.M. Smith was later in Holland with the British 21 Army Group. He emigrated to Australia, and died in 1968.

Production placeTobruk, Lybia

Production date approximately 1943

SubjectHolocaust, P.O.W. camps, prisoners of war

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Materialwood

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

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