Portraits of German migrants to Australia – a book by Sabine Nielsen
Memories in my Luggage
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      • Stop 8: Grovedale Neighbourhood House, 1 Oct-20 Nov
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Escape from Sudetenland and migration to Australia under the ESTEA Scheme

9/13/2015

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Anthony (Horst) Kamphausen’s father was a scientist employed at the ‘Hermann Göring Werke’ in the Sudentenland. After a traumatic escape – lasting eight months - the family was finally reunited in Germany. The ESTEA scheme – ‘The Employment of Scientific and Technical Enemy Aliens Scheme in Australia ‘–, designed as part of Germany’s reparation for WWII, brought them to Australia.

This is Anthony's story as presented by him as part of the special events series at the Memories in My Luggage exhibition at Osborne House, Geelong.

The importance of this photo ...Anthony Kamphausen's parents used this photo to search for their two little boys, whom...

Posted by Memories in my luggage on Monday, 14 September 2015
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Artur Baumhammer
1/27/2021 10:13:57 pm

Yes these are the facts that most of todays people find hard to comprehend,

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