From a whisper to a bang - episode two credits

Episode 02 released 25 February, 2019.

Duration: 58:08

‘From A Whisper To A Bang!’ is written, produced and presented by Megan Spencer for the Australian War Memorial.

Film:

Sons of the Anzac (1939-1943).
AWM Accession Number: F00188

Sound:

Joseph Benedict Chifley, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia announces the end of the Second World War in the Pacific with the surrender of Japan, August 1945.
AWM Accession Number: S00106

Speakers: 

• Dr. Lachlan Grant, Senior Historian in the Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial
• Oliver Budack
• Günther Strehle, Stalag Moosburg Association, guide for Stalag VII-A
• Christine Fössmeier, journalist, guide for Stalag VII-A
• Bernhard Kerscher, curator of the local history museum
• Professor Christina Twomey, author of 'The Battle Within: POWs in Post-War Australia'
• Delma Calcagno

Actors:

Heath Bigg and Corwyn Berry 

Music:

• Xylouris White

Additional Music:

• Jeremy Conlon
• Michael Shirrefs

Additional Sound:

Jeremy Conlon

Mastering:

Kris Keogh

Acknowledgements:

Red Cross Cinema Advertisement audio: “The Prisoner of War Adoption Scheme”, 1941, courtesy of the NFSA. Watch it

Thank you:

• Stalag Moosburg Association
• Kevin Greenhalgh (Fallingbostel Military Museum)
• Dr. Wolfgang Brandes (City Archives, Bad Fallingbostel)
• Gaga Music and Xylouris White
• The Australian War Memorial: Amanda Dennett, Andy Heaney, the DEX team; the Military History team; Daniel Eisenberg.
• Siobhan Dee
• Nicky Kasnaxis and the Spencer family
• Everyone who contributed to this episode.

View:

A collection of Harry’s photos taken in Stalag VII-A, Moosburg in 1941, on the AWM website.

Listen:

To Prime Minister Ben Chifley announcing the end of the Second World War in 1945 on the AWM website.

Visit:

• Moosburg Online: POW camp Stalag VII-A
• Local History Museum Moosburg website
• Fallingbostel Military Museum website
• Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf Prisoners of War Facebook Group

Watch:

From A Whisper To A Bang! trailer

Read:

• The story behind the podcast on the AWM website
• ‘The Battle Within: POWs in postwar Australia’ by Christina Twomey

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in this podcast series are those of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian War Memorial.