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10. Juli 2010 · Mike Sondheim, 93, has been president of the Dunera Association for 20 years and has lived in Melbourne since his arrival. He estimates there are less than 100 Dunera Boys left alive.
In Australien genießen die „Dunera Boys“ heute ebenso wie die zeitgleich aus Singapur nach Australien gebrachten knapp 270 Juden ein hohes Ansehen. Die Dunera Association – viele Mitglieder sind Nachfahren von Dunera-Boys in zweiter oder dritter Generation – veranstalten jährliche Treffen. Vielfältige Forschungsarbeit leisten Historiker mehrerer Universitäten in Down Under. Die in ...
19. Mai 2006 · Eight hundred and five people were killed. HMT Dunera. On 10 July 1940, 2542 detainees were embarked aboard the Hired Military Transport (HMT) Dunera at Liverpool bound for Australia.
The Dunera left Liverpool at midnight with one destroyer as an escort. Less than 24 hours out of Liverpool the Dunera was attacked by a German U-56 submarine, a torpedo hit the Dunera with a loud bang but did not explode. “A second torpedo was fired,” recalled Peter Eden 70 years later in a BBC interview, “and because the waves were heavy ...
HMT (Hired Military Transport) Dunera was a British passenger ship which, in 1940, became involved in a controversial transportation of thousands of "enemy aliens" to Australia. The British India Steam Navigation Company had operated a previous Dunera (1891) , which served as a troopship during the Second Boer War .
6. Sept. 2020 · Two days into the nightmare voyage, Dunera sustained minor damage after it was struck by a German torpedo in the Irish Sea. Dunera was dangerously overcrowded and the internees were kept in quarters below deck, with limited access to fresh air or daylight. Conditions were unhygienic, with the putrid stench of vomit, urine and ...
Friends and acquaintances also came into focus, whose names were lost in memory – as well as the historical context of the events. The aim here is to contribute to this work of remembrance. Because many biographies of the 2,000 Dunera Boys have not yet been researched and written, although they are worth it.
