Britain's Internees in the Second World War
Author | : Miriam Kochan |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1983-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1349054836 |
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Author | : Miriam Kochan |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1983-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1349054836 |
Author | : Rachel Pistol |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2017-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350001414 |
The internment of 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain on the Allied record of human rights on the home front. Internment during the Second World War compares and contrasts the experiences of foreign nationals unfortunate enough to be born in the 'wrong' nation when Great Britain, and later the USA, went to war. While the actions and policy of the governments of the time have been critically examined, Rachel Pistol examines the individual stories behind this traumatic experience. The vast majority of those interned in Britain were refugees who had fled religious or political persecution; in America, the majority of those detained were children. Forcibly removed from family, friends, and property, internees lived behind barbed wire for months and years. Internment initially denied these people the right to fight in the war and caused unnecessary hardships to individuals and families already suffering displacement because of Nazism or inherent societal racism. In the first comparative history of internment in Britain and the USA, memoirs, letters, and oral testimony help to put a human face on the suffering incurred during the turbulent early years of the war and serve as a reminder of what can happen to vulnerable groups during times of conflict. Internment during the Second World War also considers how these 'tragedies of democracy' have been remembered over time, and how the need for the memorialisation of former sites of internment is essential if society is not to repeat the same injustices.
Author | : Simon Parkin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2022-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1982178523 |
Barbed-Wire Matinee -- Five Shots -- Fire and Crystal -- The Rescuers -- Sunset Train -- The Basement and the Judge -- Spy Fever -- Nightmare Mill -- The Misted Isle -- The University of Barbed Wire -- The Vigil -- The Suicide Consultancy -- Into the Crucible -- The First Goodbyes -- Love and Paranoia -- The Heiress -- Art and Justice -- Home for Christmas? -- The Isle of Forgotten Men -- A Spy Cornered -- Return to the Mill -- The Final Trial.
Author | : Rachel Pistol |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2017-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350001430 |
The internment of 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain on the Allied record of human rights on the home front. Internment during the Second World War compares and contrasts the experiences of foreign nationals unfortunate enough to be born in the 'wrong' nation when Great Britain, and later the USA, went to war. While the actions and policy of the governments of the time have been critically examined, Rachel Pistol examines the individual stories behind this traumatic experience. The vast majority of those interned in Britain were refugees who had fled religious or political persecution; in America, the majority of those detained were children. Forcibly removed from family, friends, and property, internees lived behind barbed wire for months and years. Internment initially denied these people the right to fight in the war and caused unnecessary hardships to individuals and families already suffering displacement because of Nazism or inherent societal racism. In the first comparative history of internment in Britain and the USA, memoirs, letters, and oral testimony help to put a human face on the suffering incurred during the turbulent early years of the war and serve as a reminder of what can happen to vulnerable groups during times of conflict. Internment during the Second World War also considers how these 'tragedies of democracy' have been remembered over time, and how the need for the memorialisation of former sites of internment is essential if society is not to repeat the same injustices.
Author | : Peter Gillman |
Publisher | : London : Quartet Books |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"Collar the lot!"--Churchill's abrupt order, made after Italy declared war, was applied to all 'enemy aliens' in Britain. Most of them were refugees. by July 1940, 27000 had been arrested and thousand deported. When the liner Arandora Star was torpedoed, 800 were drowned
Author | : Wendy Ugolini |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526126311 |
Italy’s declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the ‘enemy other’. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall, this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War II.
Author | : Gillian Carr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 1350266299 |
Author | : Connery Chappell |
Publisher | : Crowood Press (UK) |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"Many aspects of Britain's involvement in World War Two only slowly emerged from beneath of the barrage of official secrets and popular misconception. One of the most controversial issues, the internment of 'enemy aliens' (and also British subjects) on the Isle of Man, received its first thorough examination in this account by Connery Chappell of life in the Manx camps between 1940 and 1945." "At the outbreak of war there were approximately 75,000 people of Germanic origin living in Britain, and Whitehall decided to set up Enemy Alien Tribunals to screen these 'potential security risks'. The entry of Italy into the war almost doubled the workload. The first tribunal in February 1940 considered only 569 cases as high enough risks to warrant internment. The Isle of Man was chosen as the one place sufficiently removed from areas of military importance, but by the end of the year the number of enemy aliens on the island had reached 14,000." "Even now, there remains the persistent question never settled satisfactorily. Were the internments ever justified or even consistent?"--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Gilly Carr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9781350266285 |
This edited volume presents a cutting-edge discussion and analysis of civilian 'enemy alien' internment in Britain, the internment of British civilians on the continent, and civilian internment camps run by the British within the wider British Empire. The book brings together a range of interdisciplinary specialists including archaeologists, historians, and heritage practitioners to give a full overview of the topic of internment internationally. Very little has been written about the experience of interned Britons on the continent during the Second World War compared with continentals interned in Britain. Even fewer accounts exist of the regime in British Dominions where British guards presided over the camps. This collection is the first to bring together the British experiences, as the common theme, in one study. The new research presented here also offers updated statistics for the camps whilst considering the period between 1945 to the present day through related site heritage issues.
Author | : Ralph Keefer |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780773511422 |
The story of two RAF fliers interned in Ireland during World War II.