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<p>[Page 18]</p><p>the financial circumstances of several families are very desolate. After such a long internment it's not really surprising, but in order to help these people, collections are made regularly here in camp, and with rather handsome results. One tries to help one's compatriots as much as possible. Unfortunately, it's not just the Canberra needy we are faced with; there also are many German women and children throughout Australia who are needy. Because of their nationality, the breadwinners have lost their jobs and were interned, and can hardly hand over any of their meagre camp earnings, and the government subsidies for the families left behind are extremely small. Many of these Germans in Australia are married to English, or rather, Australian women, and while these wives have relatives, fathers or sisters here, they still can barely eke out a living. Many cases have been reported where the parents and relatives of the wife even demanded that she divorce her German husband</p>