Klaus Neumann Klaus Neumann i(A3325 works by)
Born: Established: 1958 Hildesheim,
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
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1 Inside the Wire Klaus Neumann , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , November 2022;

— Review of Freedom, Only Freedom : The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani Behrouz Boochani , 2022 selected work essay ; Shadowline : The Dunera Diaries of Uwe Radok Uwe Radok , Jacquie Houlden , Seumas Spark , 2022 single work diary

'Eighty years apart, a private diary from the Tatura internment camp and dispatches from the Manus detention centre recount the experiences of refugees held prisoner by Australia' 

1 Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman Turn to History to Rehabilitate the Figure of the People Smuggler Klaus Neumann , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 18 no. 4 2021; (p. 890-891)

— Review of Smuggled 2021 anthology essay biography

'I wish this book had been published in 2009. Then, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd infamously called those facilitating the journeys of asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia ‘the absolute scum of the earth’, adding for good measure that in his view, they should ‘rot in hell’. Then, Smuggled could have contributed to exposing Rudd’s influential remarks as little more than a hysterical attempt to save his prime ministership.'  (Introduction)

1 Truth Telling and the Art of Listening : To the Islands Klaus Neumann , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Randolph Stow : Critical Essays 2021; (p. 77-94)
1 The Life of an Exile Klaus Neumann , 2021 single work obituary (for Walter Kaufmann )
— Appears in: Inside Story , April 2021;
1 Looking for Magda Klaus Neumann , 2018 single work biography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 61 2018;
1 Abandoned in Limbo : The Predicament of Refugees in Renée Brand’s Niemandsland [Short Days Ago] and Herz Bergner’s Zwishn himl un waser [Between Sky and Sea] Klaus Neumann , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: LWU : Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht , vol. 49 no. 2-3 2018; (p. 103-118)
1 Fred Rose : Communist, Scientist, Lover, Spy Klaus Neumann , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2015;

— Review of Red Professor : The Cold War Life of Fred Rose Peter Monteath , Valerie Munt , 2015 single work biography

'The personal and the political are bound up in the life of anthropologist, Stasi informer and one-time Canberra resident Fred Rose'

1 Doktorvater Klaus Neumann , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: The Boy from Boort : Remembering Hank Nelson 2014; (p. 47-53)
1 Victims of 'Unnecessary Hardship and Mental Torture' : Walter Stolting, Wolf Klaphake, and Other Incompatibles in Wartime Australi Klaus Neumann , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Under Suspicion : Citizenship and Internment in Australia during the Second World War 2008; (p. 93-111)
1 y separately published work icon In the Interest of National Security : Civilian Internment in Australia During World War II Klaus Neumann , Canberra : National Archives of Australia , 2006 7741994 2006 multi chapter work non-fiction

"Klaus Neumann provides a brief overview of Australia's internment policies during World War II and demonstrates their effects. Using records in the National Archives of Australia, he introduces 10 people of various ethnic origins and political beliefs who were interned during the war and discusses the profound effects internment had on their lives."–Back cover.

1 'Thinking the Forbidden Concept' : Refugees as Immigrants and Exiles Klaus Neumann , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 19 no. 1 2005; (p. 6-11)
1 'Stayputs' and Asylum Seekers in Darwin, 1961–1962 : Or, How Three Portuguese Sailors Helped to Undermine the White Australia Policy Klaus Neumann , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Northern Territory History , vol. 16 no. 1 2005; (p. 1-25)
1 Among Historians Klaus Neumann , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , November vol. 9 no. 2 2003; (p. 177-191)
1 form y separately published work icon A Doubtful Character Klaus Neumann , Australia : ABC Radio National , 2003 7715114 2003 single work radio play historical fiction

'Wolf Klaphake was a respected German scientist who came to Australia in 1935 in search of new horizons. Multi-talented and inventive, Klaphake sought support for many schemes—including a huge condenser tower to be built at Cook in the Nullarbor to generate drinking water from atmospheric humidity. In 1940, Klaphake was interned along with thousands of 'enemy aliens'.

'Isolated from his fellow internees—many of whom were pro Nazi—and frustrated by his desire to work, Klaphake submitted numerous proposals to the Army Inventions Board with suggestions for products and processes which might actively contribute to the war effort. All of his ideas were rejected, and by the time he was released in 1944, Klaphake had lost much of his visionary passion. He spent the rest of his life operating a small chemical business, manufacturing toilet cleaner and disinfectant. Privately, he continued to pursue his interests in Eastern philosophy, and by the time of his death in 1967 he enjoyed a reputation as something of a local sage.

'A Doubtful Character is a richly textured portrait of Klaphake drawn from the archival record of his internment (including Intelligence reports, interrogation records and copies of intercepted mail), and the memories and recollections of friends and family. It is also a portrait of a bureaucracy ill-equipped or unwilling to deal with a brilliant man working in difficult circumstances. A Doubtful Character is particularly pertinent at a time when our current refugee policies are under close scrutiny.'

Source: Radio National.

1 Haunted Lands Klaus Neumann , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: UTS Review , May vol. 6 no. 1 2000; (p. 65-79)
1 Remembering Victims and Perpetrators Klaus Neumann , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: UTS Review , May vol. 4 no. 1 1998; (p. 1-17)
1 The Stench of the Past: Revisionism in Pacific Islands and Australian History Klaus Neumann , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Contemporary Pacific , Spring vol. 10 no. 1 1998; (p. 31-64)

'The issue of how the colonial past could be constructed as history is of central importance in Pacific Islands and Australian history. The article approaches this issue by discussing Hermann Hiery’s revisionist history of the Madang Revolt of 1904, and various representations of the Forrest River massacres in Western Australia in 1926. It argues for postcolonial histories that are guided by ethical considerations and informed by poststructuralist concerns.' (Publication abstract)

1 A Postcolonial Writing of Aboriginal History Klaus Neumann , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 51 no. 2 1992; (p. 277-298)
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