Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

1920s–2004

Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner: Klaus Hinrichsen 1912–2004
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Klaus Hinrichsen's family in 2005.
Reference: TGA 20052

224 objects in this collection

Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

224 Objects
- Writings and Talks
  
  6 Objects
- Subject Files, A-Z
  
  218 Objects

Title: Photographs of Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man
Date: [c.1940–1]
Description: Folders of Melinex containing photographs of Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man taken by the Commander Captain Daniel. There are also contact sheets and a series of photographs of the Commemoration Album that the internees made for Captain Daniel.
Reference: TGA 20052/2/7

224 objects in this collection

Showing 101–120 of 164 objects

Photograph of small carved figure by Paul Hamann

Photograph of Paul Hamann working on a small carved figure

Photograph of Paul Hamann working on a small carved figure

Photograph overlooking Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Paul Hamann working on a small carved figure

Photograph of internees behind the wire fence at Hutchinson Square in Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph overlooking Douglas, Isle of Man

Photograph of guards and internees behind the wire fence surrounding Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of guard behind the wire fence surrounding Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of internee walking through Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of guards and internees behind the wire fence surrounding Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Paul Hamann, right, and Peter Fleischmann (later named Midgley) working on a small carved figure

Photograph of Peter Fleischmann (later named Midgley) working on a small carved figure

Photograph of guard within the wire fence at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Peter Fleischmann (later named Midgley) working on a small carved figure

Photograph of guards and internees during roll call outside the buildings at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of guard within the wire fence at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of guards and internees during roll call outside the buildings at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of guard at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Photograph of Ernst H. Blensdorf at Hutchinson Internment Camp

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