NSW Migration Heritage Centre: ‘German’


The Enemy At Home

Winner 2012 National Trust Heritage Award. Newly discovered photographs by internee Paul Dubotzki reveal what it was like to be interned in Australia during World War One.

A NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Historic Houses Trust of NSW project.



The Enemy At Home

The Enemy At Home

Winner 2012 National Trust Heritage Award. Newly discovered photographs by internee Paul Dubotzki reveal what it was like to be interned in Australia during World War One.

A NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Historic Houses Trust of NSW exhibition.



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Zivil Lager (Internment Camp)

Visit Trial Bay Gaol, a former concentration camp for people of German descent interned as ‘enemy aliens’ during World War One.

A NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.



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Alina Paczynski

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Alina Paczynski and see the communion bread the Red Cross sent to her husband’s POW camp in 1940.



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Wilhelm & Hilde Bittkow

Year of arrival: Place of Departure: Cultural background:

Meet Wilhelm & Hilde Bittkow and see their fridge. It was one of the first items they bought after arriving in Orange in 1953.



Prisoners In Arcady

Prisoners In Arcady

Winner 2009 Museums and Galleries NSW IMAGinE Award. Discover the story of captured German mariners and their internment at Berrima during World War One.

A Berrima District Museum and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.




Community Relations Commision Powerhouse Museum