Martin Berger collection
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Biographical History
Martin Berger was born in 1897 in Zwickau, Saxony. He was a German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain who was interned in Australia, having been sent there on HMS Dunera, He was a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, The Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain and the Free German League of Culture in Great Britain. He was the second husband of the donor's Great Aunt.
Acquisition
Donated 16.06.2011
Donor: Julia Seaton
Scope and Content
The papers reflect his interests in and membership of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, The Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain and the Free German League of Culture in Great Britain.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Subjects
- Trade Unions
- Refugees
- Jews
- Internment camps
- Internment
- Dunera [ship]