Letters from Valdemars and Zigrida Petersons to family in Sweden, 24 January 1949-11 November 1953

MLMSS 8567/Box 1X

fonds

24 January 1949-11 November 1953

981158

0.16 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - manuscript

Valdemars and Zigrida Pertersons arrived in Australia in 1949 with their two sons. After the war in Europe, they spent time in a displaced persons camp in Germany, before making their way to Italy and sailing from Naples to Australia. They had both graduated from the University of Latvia in 1943 as medical doctors, but were required to study at the University of Sydney for 3 years to gain their Australian medical qualifications.

Presented by Dr. V. Petersons

Includes 15 handwritten letters, in Latvian, from Valdemars and Zigrida to his sister Maij and to other family members. Also included are 12 handwritten translations of selected letters into English. Three of the letters are written whilst on board ship on their way to Australia.

Individual letters were paper-clipped together; this arrangement was kept.

Latvian, English

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