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 World War II 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 World War II 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.
Physical Description
Certificate of Repatriation, includes small black and white photo. The certificate has been stamped by Romania Misiunea de Repatrieri.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 15 Nov 2001
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Place & Date Issued
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Issued To
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Inscriptions
Text: CERTIFICAT DE REPATRIERE Stamp: ROMANIA MISIUNEA DE REPATRIERI [extensive text]
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Overall Dimensions
20 cm (Length), 18 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration