Papers of Reinhard Waldsax, 1922-2006 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 4699731
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Waldsax, Reinhard, 1907-1995
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1922-2006]
- 0.09 m. (2 folders) + 1 packet.
- Summary:
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MS 10110 comprises a small collection of papers documenting the wartime experiences and professional life as a dentist of Reinhard Waldsax. Many of the documents and letters are written in German and some have accompanying English translations. Personal papers include: official German documents from 1934-1935, including forms denoting Aryan status and permitting movement within the Reich; family papers; letters of support and testimonials from patients and colleagues, 1939; correspondence with the British Home Office and Admiralty in the course of applying to return to England and applying for British nationality, 1944, 1947-1948; birth, naturalisation, nationality, professional registration certificates and other official documents; photographs; copies of information on dental procedures pioneered by Waldsach; and letters relating to German honours awarded to Waldsax, 1970.
Papers relating to Waldsax's time as an internee at Hay Internment Camp include: information on dental procedures carried out at the Camp; letters soliciting support in the form of equipment and supplies for the medical services delivered to internees; artworks created by internees (Theo Engel and Hans Rothe); a small book of poems written by Gerd Biermann in 1943 titled "Das kleine Rhapsodienbuch"; letters of support, 1940 and 1953; photocopies of information about the "Dunera"; and photographs. Additional material comprises a folder of papers on Reinhard Waldsax, the Waldsax family and dental history, collated by Waldsax's son, Ralph (2 folders, 1 packet).
- Biography/History:
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German-born Doctor of dentistry. Reinhard Waldsax qualified as a Doctor of Medicine and Dental Surgery at Bonn University. Due to his refusal to accept the political requirements of the Nazi regime he was forced to give up his post as lecturer in 1933. He set up private practice in Berlin but similar pressures forced him to move to London in 1935. Interned under a General Internment Order in 1940 Waldsax was deported to Australia on the "Dunera". In Australia he was held at Hay Internment Camp for four years, where he provided dental services to the internees. Due to a lack of supplies and equipment particularly in the early years, Waldsax made his own instruments by hand, sometimes from railway nails. In 1943 he was given an early release and returned to London where he set up a successful private dental practice. Although he continued to live in England, Waldsax was actively involved in efforts to reestablish links between German and international dental organisations which had been broken during the war, efforts for which he was later honoured by the German government.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 10110.
- Some items in German.
- Reproduction:
- Some photocopies. National Library of Australia.
- Subject:
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- Waldsax, Reinhard, 1907-1995 -- Archives
- Waldsax family -- Archives
- Dunera (Ship)
- Dentists -- Germany -- Archives
- Dentists -- Australia -- Archives
- Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Archives
- Prisoners of war -- New South Wales -- Hay -- Archives
- Concentration camps -- New South Wales -- Hay
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Australian
- Time Coverage:
- 1922-2006
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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