Object numberM2020/002:003
DescriptionPhotograph of Gertrude (Trudy) Krausz and a group of other children at an Israeli fitness camp near the displaced persons camp in Milan where Trudy and her parents were staying on route to Australia. The camp was run for children and families who might have immigrated to Israel in 1947.
Trudy Weil (nee Krausz) was born in Vienna on 16 March 1933 to Fritz and Katharina (nee Sreininger). Trudy and her parents escaped to Albania by 1941. They made their way to Italy where they spent some time in 1947 in a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) displaced persons camp in Via Unione in Milan. She was issued a stateless persons passport by the international Red Cross in Genoa in 1947. Italy had developed into a major assembly center for refugee emigration to Palestine. During their years of operation, the Milan and Adriatica displaced persons camps were active athletic and cultural centres.
The Krausz family arrived in Australia in 1948 and lived in Killara. Trudy was naturalized as an Australian citizen by 1953.
Trudy Weil (nee Krausz) was born in Vienna on 16 March 1933 to Fritz and Katharina (nee Sreininger). Trudy and her parents escaped to Albania by 1941. They made their way to Italy where they spent some time in 1947 in a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) displaced persons camp in Via Unione in Milan. She was issued a stateless persons passport by the international Red Cross in Genoa in 1947. Italy had developed into a major assembly center for refugee emigration to Palestine. During their years of operation, the Milan and Adriatica displaced persons camps were active athletic and cultural centres.
The Krausz family arrived in Australia in 1948 and lived in Killara. Trudy was naturalized as an Australian citizen by 1953.
Production placeItaly
Production date 1947 - 1947
Subjectimmigration, Displaced Persons camps
Object namephotographs
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 125.00 mm
height: 85.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Weil Trudy