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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2003/027:001
[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO] Kane Schmidt (maker)
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Wood 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.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Tobruk, Lybia
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] approximately 1943
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Holocaust, P.O.W. camps, prisoners of war
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]souvenirs
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]wood
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 200.00 mm
height: 160.00 mm
depth: 25.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fae Smith