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Marlene Abitz Collection Series
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Marlene Abitz Poster Series

The Marlene Abitz’s Poster Series consists of various pages and flyers published around World War Two in South Africa. Newspaper articles, such as that from the Cape Times depicting the Battle of the Atlantic are included, as well as bomb safety pamphlets giving instruction on how to prepare in case of enemy air strike, recruitment adverts calling for soldiers and medical personnel, and military posters advertising parades around the country. Several of these posters are in both English and Afrikaans, demonstrating the bilingual target audience of the time. 

Marlene Abitz Video Series

The Marlene Abitz Video Series contains digitised footage. It was donated by Marlene Abitz and contains numerous videos of the Abitz family's travels around South Africa and overseas, life at home, and many beach excursions.