Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Unfathomable Journey : The Context of Dr Otto Walter's Departure from Australia
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'Half a century ago, in the mid-1960s, my beloved grandfather, Dr Otto Walter, whom I referred to as 'papa' left by ship for overseas for an indeterminate period and, as a young child, I had no idea why. I was distraught. About two years following his departure, Otto returned. Passenger after passenger strode along the gangplank at Circular Quay, Sydney to be embraced by welcoming family, yet there was no sign of Otto.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal vol. 23 no. 2 2017 11652160 2017 periodical issue

    Biography has always been an important part of historical research, even though there has often been a debate among historians about the exact role of individuals in the historical process and the value of individual biographies. Often family lore clashes with history and occasionally an unusual family story turns out to be true and can add to our knowledge of history. Understanding how the individual impacts on history and visa versa is very important in the historical process. This issue of the journal largely focuses on the history of a number of different individuals spanning the period from early colonial history to individual stories of participants in World War I and World War II, and three Jewish refugee stories, which highlight the challenges and difficulties faced by Viennese Jews who sought to flee Vienna after the Anschluss. As well, two articles focus on the early religious history of Sydney Jewry, one relating to the founding era and the other to the Great Synagogue. (Editorial)

    2017
    pg. 364-384
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