Historical information

This artwork was painted by Charlotte Rippert who was interned in Camp 3 with her whole family. The painting was painted in camp. Charlotte Rippert was a German Lutheran Missionary in Egypt, arrested as a security risk in Cairo, 1941. Transported on Queen Elizabeth to Australia and interned at Camp 3 1941-1945.

Physical description

oil painting on board

Inscriptions & markings

Back: 'Black Forest Scene by Frau Charlotte Rippert, DONOR: Elfrieda Kaltenbach FAIG, APRIL 2002