Summary
Official certificate stating that Nicolae Condurateanu, is a member of the camp police for camp no. A I Heerte, dated 12 October 1946.
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
Rectangular brown certificate with typed black text and signed in black ink. It is dated 12 October1946 and has been stamped with British Red Cross stamp.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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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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Other Association (See Comments)
Red Cross, Germany, 12 Oct 1946
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Inscriptions
Text: CERTIFICATE [extensive text]
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Category
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
21 cm (Length), 14.7 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration