Brothers Rudy and Robert Gebauer were interned for more than five years during the Second World War . In this photo taken at the Somes Island camp , in Wellington , they are wearing white aprons , suggesting that they were on kitchen duty that day . In his photo album Gregor Riethmaier ( sitting second from the left ) has written a caption under this image : “ Schone Hoffnungen ” – ( trans .) “ Beautiful Dreams .”
Also interned were Gebauer brothers -in-law , Max Grapengiesser ( five years internment ) and Wilhelm Spemann ( two and a half years ). The third surviving Gebauer son , Richard , based in American Samoa , was interned in Texas during the war .
Riethmaier Family Collection
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