Learning Chinese

NAA: A435, 1945/4/3487

Fritz Tramer was interned between 10 June 1940 and 23 March 1944. Like Klaphake, he was an anti-Nazi. Like Klaphake, he was in Orange, Tatura and Loveday. Like Klaphake, in 1942 Tramer was joined by his wife in Tatura 3D.

Passport of Fritz Tramer in the files of the Department of Immigration.

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NAA: C329, 954, p.15

Testimony of Fritz Tramer before Aliens Tribunal No. 1, 23 May 1941, in the files of Security Service, New South Wales.

Fritz Tramer before Aliens Tribunal No.1, 23 May 1941.

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NAA: D1901, K1056, p. 158

Jones, 'Report on Internee N.1275 KLAPHAKE Wolf', 27 March 1944, in Loveday Internment Camp internees files, Security Service, South Australia.

Jones, 'Report on Internee N.1275 KLAPHAKE Wolf', 27 March 1944

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NAA: D1901, K1056, p. 247

Whitehill, ‘Report on Internee N.1275’, 2 August 1943, in Loveday Internment Camp internees files, Security Service, South Australia.

Whitehill, ‘Report on Internee N.1275’, 2 August 1943.

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NAA: MP529/2, KLAPHAKE/W, p. 21

Letter from Wolf Klaphake to CE McKenzie, 24 November 1940, in files of the Australian Government Solicitor, Victoria.

Wolf Klaphake to CE McKenzie, 24 November 1940.

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NAA: MP529/3, TRIBUNAL 1/KLAPHAKE, p. 30

Wolf Klaphake, statement before Aliens Tribunal No. 1, 21 May 1941, transcript of evidence of objection, in the files of the Australian Government Solicitor, Victoria.

Wolf Klaphake, statement before Aliens Tribunal No. 1, 21 May 1941.

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NAA: MP529/3, Tribunal 1/Klaphake, p. 30

Transcript of Tribunal No. 1 proceedings, 21 May 1941, in the files of the Australian Government Solicitor, Victoria.

Judging by the errors in the transcript, the stenographer recording the tribunal proceedings struggled with the terminology Klaphake used when speaking about his Chinese studies.

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NAA: ST1233/1, N20785, p. 255

Letter from the censor regarding a request for Chinese books, in the investigation files of the Investigation Branch, New South Wales.

The censor also objected to Klaphake's attempt to purchase Chinese literature directly from a bookseller, because such a request should have been made through the Camp Commandant.

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NAA: ST1233/1, N20785, p. 327

Letter from RC Hunter, District Censor, to Group Camp Commandant, Internment Camps Barmera, 10 June 1944, in the investigation files of the Investigation Branch, New South Wales.

RC Hunter, District Censor, to Group Camp Commandant, Internment Camps Barmera, 10 June 1944.

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