Egermayer, Vera, 1940- :Translation of Vaclav Egermayer's account of his emigration to New Zealand

Translation of Vaclav Egermayer's account of his emigration to New Zealand from Prague in 1949, with his wife Pavla, and two children, Paul and Vera. The account was written in instalments to his sister Olga living in Czechoslovakia, from 1957 to 1968. The translation was done by his daughter Vera Egermayer in 2014.

The document discusses Vaclav Egermayer's journey from Prague via train through Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, eventually leaving Genoa on 3 February 1949 on the 'Toscana' via the Suez Canal, Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Melbourne, Australia. The account discusses conditions on the train through Europe and the ship to New Zealand, and mentions others on the voyage with him. The reminiscences end with his arrival in Wellington, New Zealand on 22 March 1949.

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Vaclav Egermayer was born in Falknov, Czechoslovakia, in September 1905. He married Pavla Mautnerova, who was Jewish, on 11 March 1939, four days before the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia. A tailor by trade, he and his family left Czechoslovakia in 1949, and settled in Karori, Wellington. He became a New Zealand citizen in 1958, and died in 1983.

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