Seidler's internment
Born in Vienna in 1923, Harry Seidler left Austria at the age of 15 following Hitler's annexation of Austria at the beginning of World War Two. Seidler's family fled to England where Harry Seidler was interned by English authorities in 1940 and sent to Canada as an 'enemy alien' in 1941. It was a traumatic experience that contributed in no small part to Seidler's tenacity and world-view.
Harry Seidler - Internment camp shirt from Canada, ca. 1940-1941
While interned in England and Canada, Harry Seidler kept a diary chronicling his experiences in words and pictures.
Read translated extracts from Harry Seidler's detailed diary of camp life
