Collected-023 A tale of two dresses
Collected: Stories from the Australian War Memorial
English - November 16, 2020 22:37 - 28 minutes - 66.3 MBHistory Education australianwarmemorial collected fromawhispertoabang Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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How do you preserve fragile items of clothing that tell remarkable stories about two young women whose lives were transformed by World War Two? Henryka’s cotton frock was made from Nazi curtains to give her something to wear when she finally walked free from a concentration camp. Maud’s satin wedding gown was packed away for three years while she waited to be reunited with her American fiancé. In Episode 23 of Collected Louise Maher explores the lives of these two women and finds out how their precious dresses are being cared for at the Memorial.