Albert Süsskind collection

Albert Süsskind collection 

Albert Süsskind was born in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany on 9 February 1900. He was part-owner of Friedmann & Süsskind clothes manufacturing company in Berlin and travelled frequently abroad for business purposes. He emigrated as a refugee to England and was sent to Australia on board the HMT Dunera in 1940. At the request of the High Commissioner of the UK in Canberra, he submitted a report describing the conditions and treatment of internees by military personnel on the ship. He joined the Pioneer Corps in Australia and was returned to England serving in HM Forces until his demobilisation after the war. He died in 1980. 

Albert Süsskind collection