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Getting to Know ‘The Enemy’
Supporting PowerPoint Presentation for
Internees Cafe, Holsworthy. Courtesy Dubotzki Collection
Migration Heritage Centre(
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/enemyathome/the-enemy-at-home/
)
> The Context
World War I
Must it come to this? Enlist! Poster, c.1916. Courtesy Australian War Memorial
Tension between the British and German empires
Anti-German hysteriaGerman Australian community
suddenly faced suspicion and hostility
Propaganda
Registration of Aliens Poster, c.1917. Courtesy National Archives of Australia
‘Enemy aliens’ noun
- All German subjects in Australia, including naturalised migrants and Australian-born persons with German/Austrian backgrounds
Edmund Resch (No. 5498) Liverpool camp, 1914–18 (NAA: SP421/4, Album)
> The Concentration Campsintern verb - to confine or hold as prisoners of war, combat troops, enemy aliens
Holsworthy, Liverpool
• The main internment camp in NSW
• 5000 to 6000 men detained
Holsworthy Internment Camp, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection
> The Internee Experience
Kampenspiegel Wochenschrift
Internee gymnasts, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection
Internee dressing room, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection
“If I rest, I rust”
CENSORSHIP
Whitewashing
Emotional
manipulation PROPAGANDA
“Misquoting”
Photo manipulation
Australians, Arise!, c.1916. Courtesy National Library of Australia
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database
EXAGGERAT
ION
Bias
>> Socratic QuestioningCLARIFICATION
e.g. “What is the main issue here?”, “Could you give me an example?”
Challenge ASSUMPTIONSe.g. “Are you assuming?”, “Is this always the case?”
REASONS and EVIDENCEe.g. “Is there reason to doubt that evidence?”
ALTERNATIVE views & perspectivese.g. “How would other groups respond? Why?”
IMPLICATIONS and CONSEQUENCESe.g. “What does this mean?”, “What effect would that have?”
QUESTION the questione.g. “Why is this question important?”
“To answer this question, what other questions should we answer first?”
>> Details of your Task
• Question what the average person would simply accept as fact or take for granted.
• Analyse the sources, what they reveal,and their reliability
• ‘Close the case’ by evaluating the experiences of the German-Australian community, using sources as proof.
Kurt Wiese cartoon, Courtesy Dubotzki Collection
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