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Photograph - Mrs Kann, circa 1950s-1960s Reg. No: SH 931371

Summary:: Black and white photograph of Mrs Kann in wooden frame with silver painted edge. Marion (Mimi) was of born in Vienna, Austria in 1910. She immigrated to Australia in 1939, most likely fleeing the persecution of the Nazi regime as she was Jewish. In Australia she married follow a refugee and Austrian Jew Herbert Kann.
Description:: Black and white photograph of woman in wooden frame with silver painted edge.
Description Of Content:: Black and white photograph of Mrs Kann.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Mrs Marjorie Morgan, 1993

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	29.50 cm (Height), 12.00 cm (Width), 20.70 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	jewish communities, jewish immigration, handcrafts, displaced persons, austrian immigration
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Kann Family, Austrian Jewish Migrants, 1940s
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Settlement - Cultural & Social Life
Tertiary Classification:	images (to be classified)
Inscriptions:	"Mrs Kann and her mother's hobby of / flower-making"
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Person Depicted:	Marion Kann, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1950s-1960s