Exil – Dunera

New on dunera.de October 15, 2026

Heinz Altschul, Georg Auer, Arthur West (Rosenthal)—the three Dunera Boys from Vienna worked as journalists for the KPÖ after the war.

New information on the “nominal roll” of the Arandora Star, which was sunk on July 2, 1940, with 1,614 men on board.

Successful premiere of the musical melodrama based on Boschwitz’s “Der Reisende” (The Traveler) in Dresden.

15 internees of the Dunera and Queen Mary were more than 60 years old.

The 45 youngest Dunera Boys were just 16 years old.

World premiere in Dresden: Ulrich Boschwitz’s “Der Reisende” (The Traveler) as a musical melodrama.

The Abosso and the Waroonga were sunk on the way back to England with internees on board. Westernland was also involved in the transport.

Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz – Dunera Boy and promising writer who was killed by a German torpedo at the age of just 27.

The German and Austrian refugees deported from Singapore demanded their promised freedom in two letters.

Harry Jay (Jeidels) – a Dunera Boy and photographer of many internees and the Melbourne theatre scene.