رقم الكائنM2003/027:001
المنشيء Kane Schmidt (maker)
الوصفWood 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.
مكان الإنتاجTobruk, Lybia
التاريخ approximately 1943
الموضوعHolocaust, P.O.W. camps, prisoners of war
اسم الكائنsouvenirs
مادةwood
الأبعاد
- width: 200.00 mm
height: 160.00 mm
depth: 25.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith




