Discovering a Secret Nazi

  Discovering a Secret Nazi  Bob Sredersas and the Gift   Interviewer:               Let’s see if we can get this working… Bob Sredersas:         Don’t trust no-one, even don’t trust me.             Interview with Bob Sredersas by student journalist Karen Lateo                                                                                                    29 May 1981 The Story On 27 July 1976, the people of Wollongong awoke to some wonderful news. A retired steelworker, Bronius ‘Bob’ Sredersas, had gifted his collection of artworks, which the Illawarra Mercury reported was worth “millions”, to the Wollongong City Council. He told the city’s aldermen that his bequest was “not for Peter or John, but for Wollongong, especially the young people.” [1] It was a generous gift, which Sredersas, a 65-year-old retired migrant steelworker, added to in subsequent years. By the time of his death on 26 May 1982 [2] , the gift totalled 87 artworks (paintings, drawings, woodcuts