Britain’s WW2 island internment camp
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Interment in the First World War
Interment had been useder in the first world war to arrest, sort of tethe clasd at the time, and even now in this country, er, as enemy aliens. It was a complete disaster for the british government who pledged never again to to inturn to bother with this business of interment. Then at the start of the second world war, britain has accepted a round ina between 70 and 80 thousand a jewish austrian refugees from narcy oppression. And so there's this understanding that we've offered sanctuary to people who need it. But then comes the invasion of holland where they are posing as refugees by dressing up like german
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