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of swiss cultural background
"When we were in the camp in southern Germany in 1949, people came around to the camp selling things. I bought this hammock for use on the ship to Australia; they said it would be handy to put Mirjana, my eight month daughter, in on the ship. We ended up going by plane but I took the hammock for the train to Naples."
Brunhilde Srejic

Meet Brunhilde Srejic and see the tools from Germany she hoped to use as a hairdresser in Australia.
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