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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2003/027:001 Creador Kane Schmidt (maker)‎ DescripciónWood 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. Lugar de producciónTobruk, Lybia Fecha approximately 1943 TemaHolocaust, P.O.W. camps, prisoners of war Nombre del objetosouvenirs Materialwood Dimensiones width: 200.00 mm height: 160.00 mm depth: 25.00 mm Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

Número del objetoM2003/027:001

DescripciónWood 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.

Lugar de producciónTobruk, Lybia

Fecha approximately 1943

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

Nombre del objetosouvenirs

Materialwood

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

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