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v. 2. This second volume of Dunera Lives presents the voices, faces, and lives of 20 people, who, together with nearly 3000 other internees from Britain and Singapore, landed in Australia in 1940. All over the world there were Dunera Lives, those of men and women who passed through the upheavals of the Second World War and survived to tell the tale. Here are some of their stories. Includes profiles of: Edward Broughton, Julian Layton, Leonhard Adam, Gerd and Hans Buchdahl, Karl Duldig, Erwin Favian, Fredy Fisher, Fred Gruen, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, Peter Huppert, Erwin Lamm, Klaus Loewald, Fred Lowen, Henry mayer, Franz Philipp, Heinz Schloesser, Jules Stocky, Roy Thalheimer, and Felix Werder.
About the author
Carol Bunyan studied history at the Australian National University, and later was a public servant. She was born in Hay; this link led to her interest in researching the Dunera story. Her association with Ken Inglis began when they met at a Dunera anniversary function in 2011.
Bill Gammage was a student, colleague, and friend of Ken Inglis. He studied at the Australian National University, and taught Australian and Pacific history at the Australian National University and the universities of Papua New Guinea and Adelaide.
Ken Inglis (1929-2017) was an Adjunct Professor at Monash University, and Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. He was one of Australia's most admired and warmly regarded historians.
Seumas Spark is an Adjunct Fellow in History at Monash University.
Jay Winter is Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University, and Honorary Professor at the Australian National University. He is a historian of the First World War.
