The live music accompaniment makes the performance of Bonegilla a special experience. Credit: Simon Reich
After the Second World War, European refugees were accommodated in the former Bonegilla detention center in Victoria. The musician and artist Simon Reich, himself the son of a German emigrant, has made an award-winning documentary about the camp and its inhabitants. We talk to the filmmaker and his father Manfred. The now 89-year-old was a first-hand witness of the war in Berlin and emigrated to Australia in 1958.
After the Second World War, European refugees were accommodated in the former Bonegilla detention center in Victoria. The musician and artist Simon Reich, himself the son of a German emigrant, has made an award-winning documentary about the camp and its inhabitants. We talk to the filmmaker and his father Manfred. The now 89-year-old was a first-hand witness of the war in Berlin and emigrated to Australia in 1958.
