Summary
Marriage Certificate for Nicolae and Barbara Condurateanu, dated 15 March 1948. It was printed by Veritag fur standesamtswesen G M B H, 1948. The couple married after meeting in a displaced persons camp in Germany.
Nicolae Condurateanu was a Romanian who was placed in a POW camp during World War II in Germany. He met his wife Barbara, also a Romanian, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp, where Nicolae was Barbara had spent World War II in a Russian POW camp and was meant to have been on a train back to Romania. 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 Marriage for Nicolae and Barbara Condorateanu married 15 March 1948 at Heerte Lager A I in Germany
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 15 Nov 2001
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Publisher
Veritag Fur Standesamtswesen G M B H, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1948
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Person Named
Nicolae Condurateanu, Braunsehueig, British Zone, Germany, 15 Mar 1948
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Person Named
Barbara Condurateanu, Braunsehueig, British Zone, Germany, 15 Mar 1948
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Place & Date of Event
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Inscriptions
Text: HEIRATSURKUNDE Stamp: STANDESBEANTER M-DATEAITIEDI- SALJGITER/ Includes: extensive text
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
20.7 cm (Length), 14.4 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
207 mm (Width), 144 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Marriage Customs & Rites, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration
