Else Oertel and her daughter Else-Lore were interned in Camp 3A from 1940. Her husband was not interned as he was on a business trip to Germany when war broke out. The doll, named Karl by Else-Lore, was hand-carved by internee Alfons Koenig. Friedel Dehnel "Tante Fiffi" made the authentic Bavarian clothes. Friedel, wife of Walter Dehnel, arrived as a young woman from Austria, working in the Victorian snowfields as a chef and was a champion skier. She then became a dressmaker for Melbourne society and insisted that she be interned to be with her husband. She made costumes for the internment camp plays and took over her husband's duties as a cook for Camp A when he was locked up for "insubordination". She was deported with her husband back to Germany after the war and cared for her orphaned nephews and nieces in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Body, head, arms and legs carved from wood. Blue eyes, yellow hair, pink lips and skin all hand painted. Wearing a grey crochet hat with orange feather and grey crochet jacket with two metal buttons. Jacket and hat have green trim. Grey felt shorts with leather braces and green trim. White shirt and tan color tie. White socks and brown leather sandals.doll, alfons koenig, camp 3, internee, oertel family, else oertel, friedel dehnel, else-lore hukins, dressmaker, costumes, plays, chef

The CD tells the story of the Templer Society of Australia and how they came to Australia. The story of 10 Templer families. The typed sheets are a transcript of what is on the CD.Black multi ring folder containing CD and 9 pages of typing. Round CD with coloured picture of hut and trees. Writing in black. In black and clear case.Templer Society of Australia 80 Years in Australia German Internment 1941 -1947 by Doris Frank (MP4)templer society, ernst lewandowsky, alfons konig, lothar bohmer, dr wilhelm eilers, rudolf girschik, fritz lippmann, wilhelm eppinger, hedwig schnerring, wilhelm fugmann, dr martin winkle, doris frank, camp 10 loveday sa, camp 1a internment camp, richard graze, oscar hahn, ekkehard beinssen, werner glockemann

Civilian internee Irmhild Beinssen wrote three puppet plays for the children of Camp 3A, Tatura. Her sister, Gisela von Koch, wrote the music and helped with costumes. Beinssen, her husband Ekkehard and her sister voiced and operated the puppets. Alfons Konig carved the puppets' heads from box wood and Italian artist Cesare Vagarini pained the backdrops. the play were dark, in the style of traditional Germain fairy-tails and heartily enjoyed by Beinssen's own children, Silke, Uwe and Peter.Carved wooden puppet head of man with tanned skin, brown eyes and black moustache. Long brown hair parted in centre tucked behind his ears. Felt light brown hand raised in the air. He is wearing a full length sewn burgandy gown with a leather belt around the waist. Decorative white ribbon sewn on the front. A small hand cut aluminium sword is tucked into the belt. The puppet is mounted on a wooden stand.irmhild beinssen, ekkehard beinssen, puppets, vagarini, puppet