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[it-IT]Record tools[it-IT] [it-IT]Displays[it-IT]	Remove from selection Add to selection Numero oggettoM2003/027:001 Creatore Kane Schmidt (maker)‎ DescrizioneWood 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. Luogo di produzioneTobruk, Lybia Data approximately 1943 SoggettoHolocaust, P.O.W. camps, prisoners of war Nome oggettosouvenirs Materialewood Dimensioni width: 200.00 mm height: 160.00 mm depth: 25.00 mm Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

Numero oggettoM2003/027:001

DescrizioneWood 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.

Luogo di produzioneTobruk, Lybia

Data approximately 1943

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

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Materialewood

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Linea di creditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith

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