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HMT (Hired Military Transport) Dunera was a British passenger ship which, in 1940, became involved in a controversial transportation of thousands of "enemy aliens" to Australia. The British India Steam Navigation Company had operated a previous Dunera (1891) , which served as a troopship during the Second Boer War .
Synopsis. At the start of WWII the British Government decided to arrest all Germans in the UK no matter how long they had been there. Among those arrested were many Jewish refugees and many who were fully assimilated. This film records the story of a group who were sent to a POW camp in Australia aboard the Dunera.
- 150 min
The film doesn't show the full extent of the anti-semitism inherent in the Ritish armuy officers at the time - but gives a small taste. The Australians regard the landing of The Dunera boys as the biggest single influx of talent ever to come to Australia. Bob Hoskins is brilliant and the film is very moving - highly recommended.
- DVD
Dunera Boys. In September 1940, 2542 ‘enemy aliens’ from Britain disembarked HMT Dunera in Melbourne and Sydney. Most were Jewish refugees who had fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria. They were interned in camps near Hay and Orange in NSW and Tatura in Victoria. The ‘Dunera Boys’, as they became known, included musicians ...
The Dunera Boys. Threatened by the impending horrors of WWII and in the interests of national safety the British Government set out to arrest all Germans residing in the UK. Despite being fully assimilated, many of these people were Jewish and sent aboard the HMT Dunera to Australian POW camps in Hay, NSW. Rentals include 30 days to start ...
This feature film is based on the true wartime story of 2,500 Jewish refugees mistaken for Nazi spies and transported on the British ship Dunera to Australia during World War II. Interned in the remote, broiling outback, the Dunera Boys, as they were called, set up an orchestra, political parties, a university, and a cafe.
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