GROUP
2 Somes Island papers
- Date
- [1939-1959]
- Reference
- Series-1413
- Description
Most of the material in the series relates to Strewe's internment on Somes Island and at the Pahiatua Camp from 1942 to 1946. It comprises inward and outward correspondence between family, friends and officials, usually relating to his life within the prison, the conditions operating there and injustices, not only to him but also to other inmates. Also included, in the series of folders of his Somes Island scrapbook (MS-Papers-5921-050 to MS-Papers-5921-054), are parts of what appear to be writing (in German) about his internment. Much of this series is in German.
Quantity: 11 folder(s).
- Part of
- Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
- Format
- 11 folder(s)
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Inward correspondence from Kay Goodson
Date: [1940-1946]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-044
Description: Comprises letters from Goodson to Strewe (1942-1946) and diet instructions for Strewe (1940) Goodson was Strewe's wife and ran a figure specialist business in Auckland Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Studio portrait of Goodson by H Tornquist of Auckland.
Inward and outward correspondence
Date: [1943-1945]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-046
Description: Includes correspondence with Gretchen, and the editors of `Zealandia' and `Reconstruction'; clippings and copies of photographs of Strewe's escape from Somes Island Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photographs of parts of Wellington reconstructing Strewe's escape from Somes Island (PAColl-5356).
Scrapbook (part IV)
Date: [1943-1944]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-053
Description: Includes notes, clippings, circulars, menu for Pahiatua Camp, financial papers re Somes Island Internees' Canteen, photograph of Y Saraniyama of Thailand, group photograph of nine internees taken on Somes Island, poem in Italian, `Filosofia poetica contemporanea', `The USA marines hymn', pamphlet, `Do you know?' (pamphlet put out by the NZ Howard League for Penal Reform and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Group photograph of internees (copy in folder) and portrait of Y Saraniyama of Thailand (PAColl-5723).
Scrapbook (part V)
Date: [1941-1945]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-054
Description: Cover of scrapbook; possibly originally owned by Prem Panichapona. Notes by Strewe inside and outside of cover. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Scrapbook (part I)
Date: [1943-1959]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-050
Description: Includes clippings (not only relating to Somes Island); inward and outward correspondence with family and government officials; directives re discipline on the island; `Prisoners of war; the Geneva Convention' (1929); notes by Strewe; financial records re Internees Canteen; directions for yoga exercises; letter by Strewe for Fagerholm and other papers Language - Letter to Lucie Strewe in German; many notes in German Other Titles - Prisoners of war; the Geneva Convention Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence
Date: [1943-1948]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-049
Description: Includes correspondence re sale of Strewe's combined rifle and shotgun; exploration of `Are the German people guilty', lesson sheets for Johnson's Wireless School on transformers; articles, `Terror in Hollandia' by Sister Ottonia, an American view, `Approaching victory and the problems of peace', and `The War in New Guinea' by Sulla from `Zealandia' (1945), and on homeless people and `Even NZ must beware! Nazis insidious plan to win 3rd world war' from `NZ Truth' (1944-1945); maps of NZ; and music score, part of Brahms No 6 and `Bierwalzer' Quantity: 1 folder(s). In Johnson's Wireless School lesson papers no 10d for transformers are diagrams relating to their construction
Inward and outward correspondence (b)
Date: [1942-1945]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-048
Description: Includes correspondence with the consul of the USSR, Leicagraph Studios, Botany Division re rubber dandelions, clippings and papers Arrangement: First part of this folder at MS-Papers-5921-047 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Scrapbook (part II)
Date: [1940-1945]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-051
Description: Comprises notes, circulars, clippings, inward and outward correspondence with family, friends (including Amber and Betty) and officials, poems and jokes, a menu, extract from Hansard on the Finance bill, `Deutsche Stachheldraht post' (n26, 1942) and other papers Other Titles - Deutsche Stacheldraht Post, no 26, 12 Sept 1942 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence (a)
Date: [1943-1945]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-047
Description: Also includes letter to `Truth' re refusal of Wellington Hospital to employ an `alien' as a dentist, and correspondence re trinkets made by Strewe for sale, and re his divorce Arrangement: Part (a) of a correspondence file; second part at MS-Papers-5921-048 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Inward and outward correspondence - Margaret Wadman
Date: [1941-1945]
From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5921-045
Description: Comprises correspondence and clippings on a wide variety of topics including religion, politics, mutual friends and material Wadham supplied Strewe Wadham, a Quaker, and Strewe maintained a correspondence while Strewe was at Pahiatua internment camp and on Somes Island Quantity: 1 folder(s).