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Certificate - Repatriation, Issued to Barbara Condurateanu, 7 Aug 1947
Reg. No: HT 585
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- Summary:
- Official certificate of repatriation issued to Barbara Condurateanu on 7 August 1947, while she was in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany.
Barbara Condurateanu was a Romanian refugee who spent WWII in a Russian POW camp and being repatriated back to Romania, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp. In the camp she met fellow Romanian refugee Nicolae Condurateanu, who had spent WWII in a German POW camp. The couple married in 1948 at the A1 Heetre Camp and immigrated to Australia in 1950, where Nicolae worked in a Tea factory and Barbara at the Four and Twenty Pie factory. They had no family in Australia and had to rely on each other for support eventually purchasing a house and establishing a life in their new country. - Description:
- Certificate of Repatriation, includes small black and white photo. The certificate has been stamped by Romania Misiunea de Repatrieri.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 2001
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 18.00 cm (Height), 20.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | displaced persons, immigration, migrant camps, migrant hostels, migrant reception centres, romanian communities, romanian immigration |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Transport Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Processing - Planning & Departure |
| Tertiary Classification: | identification |
| Inscriptions: | Text: CERTIFICAT DE REPATRIERE Stamp: ROMANIA MISIUNEA DE REPATRIERI [extensive text] |
| Place & Date Issued: | Romania, 7 Aug 1947 |
| Issued To: | Barbara Condurateanu, Germany, 7 Aug 1947 |
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