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Bloom, Freddy , (1914-2000), Japanese Prisioner of War, journalist, editor and deaf awareness campaigner

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Alternative name(s):
  • Elfrieden Wenzel (Maiden Name)
  • Freddy Wenzel (Formerly known as)
  • Elfrieden Retz (Formerly known as)
  • Freddy Retz (Formerly known as)
  • Elfrieden Bloom (Also known as)
Surname: Bloom
Forenames: Freddy
Gender: Female
Date: 1914-2000
Places:
  • Malaya
  • Singapore
  • Dublin, County Dublin
  • London
  • New York, New York
  • Shanghai, China
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P319546 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P63173 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
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c1942-1943: papers incl copies of 'Weekly Pow-Wow', the prisoner of war newspaper from Changi Gaol, Singapore (Apr 1942-Oct 1943), and a breakdown of the biographical information collected about the women internees (Sept 1942)
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
Documents.20416