Item #CL198-71 “Kampspiegel Monatshefte” No. 6 (Camp Mirror) [Illustrated WWI Periodical For Prisoners Of War In Australia]
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“Kampspiegel Monatshefte” No. 6 (Camp Mirror) [Illustrated WWI Periodical For Prisoners Of War In Australia]

1918. Stitch-bound softcover booklet with colour linocut cover, 14 pages, 22.1 x 17.4cm. Slight foxing, minor tears.

Publication details include “vol. 1, no. 6, 29 Sept. 1918.” Captioned “Kriegskameraden. Junge Kookaburras (War comrades. Young kookaburras),” the cover image is by K. Wiese of the Holsworthy Internment Camp which was located in Liverpool, NSW, and was the largest internment camp in Australia during WWI. Most internees were from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, staff of German companies temporarily living in Australia, crews of vessels caught in Australian ports, and naturalised and native-born Australians of German descent. Ref: NSW Migration Heritage Centre.

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Item #CL198-71

Price (AUD): $5,500.00  other currencies

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