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Kerzaz Sahara 1940
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2008/028:018
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Kerzaz Sahara 1940
[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]unknown (artist)
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Colour drawing of Kerzaz, Algeria (Sahara), 1940, showing the town from afar. Kerzaz is located in the Bechar region of Algeria, North Africa. The drawing was found among papers of the late Alfred Hofbauer, who served in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa in 1940. The signature is illegible (begins with an M?) but was possibly Hofbauer's friend and co-leggionaire. Alfred Hofbauer was born in 1913 in Vienna and found refuge in France c. 1938. He escaped to Switzerland c. 1939, joined the French Foreign Legion 1939/1940, then the Pioneer Corps, British Army in 1943. He fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and came to Australia in 1946.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Kerzaz, Algeria
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] circa 1940
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]World War II (1939-1945), drawing (art), scenic locations, town views, deserts
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]drawings
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 320.00 mm
height: 210.00 mm
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[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Alfred Hofbauer via the NSW Association of Jewish Service & Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX), 2024