Номер объектаM2019/016:008
ОписаниеLetter, three pages, from Miss Marjorie Heudebourk Ballance, Victorian International Refugee Emergency Council 454 Collins Street Melbourne, to Lothar Markiewicz, Tatura, Australia, on the 02 June 1941.
The handwritten letter concerns the purchase of clothing and school supplies by Miss Ballance for Lothar at the camp. Lothar has sent back clothing to be exchanged as they are too small, bought on his behalf by Miss Ballance, who has also sent him warm underclothing. The letter discusses the education of Lothar, and the sending of books to the new camp (Tatura), and the continuation of the camp school and univeristy. Miss Ballance also informs Lothar about the letter sent to her by Margot Hehs which contained news about his mother and grandmother, who are both well in Berlin. She writes that she will hopefully visit him in Tatura, and she asks whether he has been issued with an army overcoat by the camp. Miss Ballance concludes the letter with news that as she and Miss Larking are less needed in Australia, and she will soon return to England. She is apologetic but promises to leave money for Lothar with the council and pass on his address to a friend in Australia
The Markiewicz Collection consists of private letters, official documents and personal papers which record the survival stories of three family members, Lotte, a single mother sending her two children, Lothar and Ellen on a Kindertransport to England, then her escape into the Berlin Underground. Ellen was looked after by Quaker families in England for the duration of the war but the teenage Lothar, aged 16, was shipped as an ‘Enemy Alien’ on the Dunera to Australia. He was rapidly released from internment and sent back to England. Light is also shed on the Quaker efforts for his release and return to England.
Lotte married Max Markiewicz, and had two children, Lothar born on 9 January 1924 and Ellen, born 18 August 1926, in Berlin. Lotte and Max separated shortly after Ellen’s birth, after which the children had limited contact with their father, usually meeting once per month. Max was murdered in Theresienstadt Ghetto 1943. Lotte survived in hiding in Berlin underground, moving to England after the war, and later settled in the United States with Ellen. Lothar married and settled in England until 1993, when he moved with his wife to Australia, to be closer to his son Michael and grandchildren.
The handwritten letter concerns the purchase of clothing and school supplies by Miss Ballance for Lothar at the camp. Lothar has sent back clothing to be exchanged as they are too small, bought on his behalf by Miss Ballance, who has also sent him warm underclothing. The letter discusses the education of Lothar, and the sending of books to the new camp (Tatura), and the continuation of the camp school and univeristy. Miss Ballance also informs Lothar about the letter sent to her by Margot Hehs which contained news about his mother and grandmother, who are both well in Berlin. She writes that she will hopefully visit him in Tatura, and she asks whether he has been issued with an army overcoat by the camp. Miss Ballance concludes the letter with news that as she and Miss Larking are less needed in Australia, and she will soon return to England. She is apologetic but promises to leave money for Lothar with the council and pass on his address to a friend in Australia
The Markiewicz Collection consists of private letters, official documents and personal papers which record the survival stories of three family members, Lotte, a single mother sending her two children, Lothar and Ellen on a Kindertransport to England, then her escape into the Berlin Underground. Ellen was looked after by Quaker families in England for the duration of the war but the teenage Lothar, aged 16, was shipped as an ‘Enemy Alien’ on the Dunera to Australia. He was rapidly released from internment and sent back to England. Light is also shed on the Quaker efforts for his release and return to England.
Lotte married Max Markiewicz, and had two children, Lothar born on 9 January 1924 and Ellen, born 18 August 1926, in Berlin. Lotte and Max separated shortly after Ellen’s birth, after which the children had limited contact with their father, usually meeting once per month. Max was murdered in Theresienstadt Ghetto 1943. Lotte survived in hiding in Berlin underground, moving to England after the war, and later settled in the United States with Ellen. Lothar married and settled in England until 1993, when he moved with his wife to Australia, to be closer to his son Michael and grandchildren.
Дата 1941-06-02 - 1941-06-02
Наименованиеletters
Материалpaper
Размерность
- width: 201.00 mm
height: 264.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Michael Markiewicz