{"product_id":"9781922979780","title":"No One Knows Their Destiny","description":"Author: Tonia Eckfeld\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922979780\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePopular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys  but who were the real men who sailed on the infamous ship, and how did the voyage transform their lives?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt historian Tonia Eckfeld draws on a deeply personal history to tell the story of her father and her uncle, Jewish refugees whose lives were shaped indelibly by their wartime experiences and internment  each to very different outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1939, Reinhold and Waldemar Eckfeld fled Hitler's Austria to Churchill's United Kingdom. There they were unjustly arrested and transported on the \u003ci\u003eDunera\u003c\/i\u003e to Tatura prison camp, where it took many months to gain their freedom. Their experiences of internment were often harrowing, riven with violence, deprivation and frustration. Waldemar, who was beaten by British guards aboard the \u003ci\u003eDunera\u003c\/i\u003e, found himself entangled in court martial proceedings  the records of which were reportedly destroyed by the British government to hush up a human-rights scandal. Reinhold, classified as an 'enemy alien', joined the Australian Army after release and served the country that would not legally recognise him for so long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a trove of historical artefacts  including previously unseen artworks, photographs and official documents  Tonia Eckfeld takes the reader inside these events as they unfold. Gripping and illuminating, this book asks us to reconsider the conventional narrative of the Dunera Boys, unearthing new perspectives on the impact of war, trauma and legacy on family relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The story of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDunera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003einternees usually is presented as one of triumph. As Tonia Eckfeld knows intimately, the story is richer and more complex than that. In this compassionate and moving book, she encourages us to consider anew the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDunera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003estory and its many intricacies.'  Dr Seumas Spark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867063963806,"sku":"ADS-9781922979780","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922979780.jpg?v=1779429103","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922979780","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}